Красный ара vs Stinking Truffle

Ara macao compared with Tuber foetidum

Key Differences

Красный ара is Least Concern while Stinking Truffle is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Stinking Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Fungi (грибы)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Ascomycota (аскомицеты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Pezizomycetes (пезизомицеты)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Pezizales (пецицевые)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Tuberaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Tuber
Species	Ara macao	Tuber foetidum

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Stinking Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Stinking Truffle
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.

Stinking Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.