maracanã-guaçu vs Turquoise Cotinga

Ara severus compared with Cotinga ridgwayi

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Turquoise Cotinga is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Turquoise Cotinga
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (ave)	Aves (ave)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cotingidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Cotinga
Species	Ara severus	Cotinga ridgwayi

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Turquoise Cotinga share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (ave)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Turquoise Cotinga

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Turquoise Cotinga
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).

Turquoise Cotinga

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway