Красный ара vs Small Scabious Mining Bee

Ara macao compared with Andrena marginata

Key Differences

• Красный ара is Least Concern while Small Scabious Mining Bee is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Small Scabious Mining Bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Arthropoda (членистоногие)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Insecta (насекомые)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Hymenoptera (перепончатокрылые)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Andrenidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Andrena
Species	Ara macao	Andrena marginata

Evolutionary Relationship

Красный ара and Small Scabious Mining Bee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (животные)

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Small Scabious Mining Bee

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Small Scabious Mining Bee
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	50 years	—
Average Length	85 cm	—
Average Weight	1.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic 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.

Small Scabious Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway