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Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Parrots & macaws

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Ara severus (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishChestnut-fronted Macaw
DutchDwergara
SpanishMaracaná grande
Chinese栗额金刚鹦鹉
Sranan Tongopopokai (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAra severus (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittacidae
GenusAra

In Suriname

254Records in Suriname
6iNaturalist observations
1899First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini122
  • Commewijne71
  • Paramaribo13
  • Saramacca5
  • Wanica3
  • Coronie3
  • Para3
  • Brokopondo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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