chestnut-fronted macaw, severe macaw (Ara severus) Ara severus
English: Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw in south Columbia.
Date 6 January 2007, 23:38:55
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Author anthrotect
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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 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. The lifespan of chestnut-fronted macaw is listed as from 30 to 80 years of age.
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Ara
Species: Ara severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Psittacus severus (protonym)
Ara severa (orth. err.)
