Красный ара vs Spanish dagger

Ara macao compared with Yucca faxoniana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Spanish dagger
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Liliopsida (лилиопсиды)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Asparagales (Спаржецветные)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Asparagaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Yucca
Species	Ara macao	Yucca faxoniana

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Spanish dagger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Spanish dagger
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.

Spanish dagger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.