South AmericaLeast concern
Scarlet macaw
Ara macao
A big, bright red parrot of the rainforest that lives in noisy pairs and flocks.
- Weight
- About 1 kg
- Size
- 85 cm long
- Lifespan
- 40–50 years
- Top speed
- About 56 km/h flying
- Diet
- Seeds, nuts and fruit
How heavy is that?
About 3% of a 40 kg kid
Where it lives
Three things to know
- It eats clay from riverbanks, which may help with poisons in the seeds it eats.
- Its strong beak can crack very hard nuts.
- Pairs stay together for life.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Scarlet macaw1 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 40× as much as the scarlet macaw
- Size
- Scarlet macaw85 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 1.6× as big as the scarlet macaw
- Top speed
- Scarlet macaw56 km/hA 10-year-old kid20 km/hThe scarlet macaw is about 2.8× as fast as the kid
- Lifespan
- Scarlet macaw50 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 1.6× as long as the scarlet macaw
Food chain
- FruitProducer
Scarlet macawThis animal- Harpy eagle