maracanã-guaçu vs Ottoe Skipper

Ara severus compared with Hesperia ottoe

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Ottoe Skipper is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Ottoe Skipper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Aves (ave)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Hesperiidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Hesperia
Species	Ara severus	Hesperia ottoe

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Ottoe Skipper share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Ottoe Skipper

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Ottoe Skipper
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).

Ottoe Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Canada. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.