maracanã-guaçu vs Neglected Sunflower

Ara severus compared with Helianthus neglectus

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Neglected Sunflower is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Neglected Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (ave)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Ara severus	Helianthus neglectus

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Neglected Sunflower

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Neglected Sunflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

maracanã-guaçu

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Norway), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Neglected Sunflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

maracanã-guaçu

A maracanã-do-Orinoco (Ara severus) é uma arara de médio porte do gênero Ara, habitante de florestas tropicais e savanas arborizadas da América do Sul, do Panamá ao Brasil central. Possui plumagem verde com testa castanha, asas azuis e cauda avermelhada. Vive em grupos barulhentos e se alimenta de frutos, sementes e flores. Nidifica em ocos de árvores. É frequentemente mantida como ave de gaiola, sendo comercializada ilegalmente.