Ara severus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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. The chestnut-fronted macaw was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus severus. This macaw is now one of the eight extant species placed the genus Ara that was erected in 1799 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède. The genus name is from ará meaning "macaw" in the Tupi language of Brazil. The word is an onomatopoeia based on the sound of their call. The specific epithet severus is Latin meaning "grim", "cruel" or "stern". The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The chestnut-fronted or severe macaw is mostly green in colour... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Parque Zoologico Guátika | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Ukumarí Biopark | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Zoológico la pastroa | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Sayaji Baug Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 9 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Bioparque Wakatá | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Zoológico de Fauna Sudamericana | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 13 | Parque de la Conservación | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 14 | Buttonwood Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Zoo El Pantanal | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 16 | Arequipa zoo | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 17 | Rodadero Sea Aquarium and Museum | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 18 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 19 | El Refugio foundation | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 20 | MaST Center Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 21 | Bird Park | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 22 | Cali Zoo | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 23 | Fundação Zoobotânica de Marabá | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 24 | GüiráOga | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 25 | Sea Life Paris Val d'Europe | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 26 | Wiwa Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-fronted Macaw sighting in Maracaibo on a given day, based on 222 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 89 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-fronted Macaw in Maracaibo on a given day, against about 40% in June to September, the lowest months. That is one of Maracaibo's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 5 mm in February.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-fronted Macaw sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Chestnut-fronted Macaw sightings, Maracaibo ranks 3rd at about 60%. The best odds are in Caracas (Venezuela, about 70%) and Valencia (Venezuela, about 60%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-fronted Macaw that you can see in Maracaibo (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Orange-chinned Parakeet (about 80%), Brown-throated Parakeet (about 50%) and Green-rumped Parrotlet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-fronted Macaw is recorded against all the birds logged in Maracaibo (222 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
