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Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Ara severus
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About the Chestnut-fronted Macaw
The chestnut-fronted macaw or severe macaw (Ara severus) is one of the largest of the mini-macaws. It reaches a size of around 45 cm (18 in) of which around half is the length of the tail. They can be found over a large part of Northern South America from Panama south into Amazonian Brazil and central Bolivia. A feral population is found in Florida. Their lifespan is listed as anything from 30 to 80 years of age.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Ara severus
- Family
- New World and African Parrots
- Order
- Psittaciformes
Similar species
Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
- Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
- Golden Parakeet Guaruba guarouba
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