Ascending Grapefern vs Scarlet Macaw

Botrychium ascendens compared with Ara macao

Key Differences

Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Scarlet Macaw is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Scarlet Macaw
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Lớp Dương xỉ)	Aves (chim)
Order	Ophioglossales (Bộ Lưỡi rắn)	Psittaciformes (Bộ Vẹt)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Botrychium	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Ara macao

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Scarlet Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Scarlet Macaw
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	85 cm
Average Weight	—	1.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Scarlet Macaw

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.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.