Красный ара vs Wingstem spurry

Ara macao compared with Spergula pentandra

Key Differences

• Красный ара is Least Concern while Wingstem spurry is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Wingstem spurry
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Caryophyllales (гвоздичноцветные)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Spergula
Species	Ara macao	Spergula pentandra

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Wingstem spurry

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Wingstem spurry
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.

Wingstem spurry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Bulgaria, Portugal, 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.