Красный ара vs Spreading Cotoneaster

Ara macao compared with Cotoneaster divaricatus

Key Differences

Красный ара is Least Concern while Spreading Cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Spreading Cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Rosales (розоцветные)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Cotoneaster
Species	Ara macao	Cotoneaster divaricatus

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Spreading Cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Spreading Cotoneaster
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.

Spreading Cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, 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.