Chestnut-fronted Macaw

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Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Conservation status

Least Concern

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Ara
Species:	A. severa

Binomial name

Ara severa
(Linnaeus, 1758)

subspecies

A. s. severa
A. s. castaneifrons

Synonyms

Ara severus

The Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw (Ara severa) is one of the largest of the mini-macaws. It reaches a size of around 45 centimetres (18 inches) of which around half is the length of the tail. This is the only mini-macaw to have feathers on the bare patches on its face which makes it look like the larger types of macaw.

The Severe Macaw is mostly green in colour with patches of red and blue on the wings. The head has a Chestnut brown patch just above the beak. The beak is black and the patches around the eyes are white with lines of small black feathers.

They can be found over a large part of Northern South America from Panama south into Brazil.

Their lifespan is listed as anything from 30 to 80 years of age.

Like most other Parrots Severe Macaws can be "nippy" or "beaky". This should not be encouraged. They can learn to speak and can readily learn a reasonable vocabulary.

[edit] References

BirdLife International (2004). Ara severus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern