Красный ара vs Thistle Rust

Ara macao compared with Puccinia suaveolens

Key Differences

• Красный ара is Least Concern while Thistle Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Thistle Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Fungi (грибы)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Pucciniales (Пукциниевые)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Puccinia
Species	Ara macao	Puccinia suaveolens

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Thistle Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Thistle Rust
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.

Thistle Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

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