maracanã-guaçu vs Robbins Spikerush

Ara severus compared with Eleocharis robbinsii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Robbins Spikerush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (ave)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Eleocharis
Species	Ara severus	Eleocharis robbinsii

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Robbins Spikerush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Robbins Spikerush
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).

Robbins Spikerush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.