Bordered Screw-moss vs Красный ара

Tortula marginata compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

Bordered Screw-moss is Endangered while Красный ара is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bordered Screw-moss	Красный ара
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Bryophyta	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Bryopsida (листостебельные мхи)	Aves (птицы)
Order	Pottiales (поттиевые)	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)
Family	Pottiaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Tortula	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Tortula marginata	Ara macao

Conservation Status

Bordered Screw-moss

EN — Endangered

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bordered Screw-moss	Красный ара
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	85 cm
Average Weight	—	1.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bordered Screw-moss

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Красный ара

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela). Population trends indicate a declining trajectory in parts of its range.

Bordered Screw-moss

The Bordered Screw-moss (Tortula marginata) is a species in the genus Tortula. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Красный ара

One of the most brilliantly colored birds in the Americas, scarlet macaws display vivid red, yellow, and blue plumage with wingspans reaching 1 meter. Found in humid lowland forests from Mexico to Bolivia, they are highly intelligent, long-lived — up to 75 years — and form lifelong pair bonds. They travel long distances to clay licks where they consume mineral-rich soil to detoxify seeds. Listed as Least Concern but locally threatened by habitat loss and the pet trade.