maracanã-guaçu vs Rooting Polypore

Ara severus compared with Polyporus radicatus

Key Differences

maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Rooting Polypore is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Rooting Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (ave)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Polyporus
Species	Ara severus	Polyporus radicatus

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Rooting Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Rooting Polypore
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).

Rooting Polypore

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway 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.