maracanã-guaçu vs Yellow Buckeye

Ara severus compared with Aesculus flava

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Yellow Buckeye is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Yellow Buckeye
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (ave)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Aesculus
Species	Ara severus	Aesculus flava

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Buckeye

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Yellow Buckeye
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).

Yellow Buckeye

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway