Красный ара vs Violet Tooth

Ara macao compared with Hydnellum ioeides

Key Differences

Красный ара is Least Concern while Violet Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Violet Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Fungi (грибы)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Hydnellum
Species	Ara macao	Hydnellum ioeides

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Violet Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Violet Tooth
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.

Violet Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.