Красный ара vs Spotted Thistle

Ara macao compared with Scolymus maculatus

Key Differences

Красный ара is Least Concern while Spotted Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Spotted Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Asterales (астроцветные)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Scolymus
Species	Ara macao	Scolymus maculatus

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Spotted Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Spotted Thistle
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.

Spotted Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.