Красный ара vs Желтоклювый чёрный кассик

Ara macao compared with Amblycercus holosericeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Красный ара	Желтоклювый чёрный кассик
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class same	Aves (птицы)	Aves (птицы)
Order	Psittaciformes (попугаеобразные)	Passeriformes (воробьинообразные)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Icteridae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Amblycercus
Species	Ara macao	Amblycercus holosericeus

Evolutionary Relationship

Красный ара and Желтоклювый чёрный кассик share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (птицы)

Conservation Status

Красный ара

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Желтоклювый чёрный кассик

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Красный ара	Желтоклювый чёрный кассик
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.

Желтоклювый чёрный кассик

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

Желтоклювый чёрный кассик

Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇳🇴 Norway 🇻🇪 Venezuela