---
title: "Maracanã-guaçu"
description: "Ara severus — Aves. The chestnut-fronted macaw or severe macaw (Ara severus) is one of the largest of the mini-macaws."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/chestnut-fronted-macaw
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maracanã-guaçu

> Ara severus — Aves. The chestnut-fronted macaw or severe macaw (Ara severus) is one of the largest of the mini-macaws.

- Scientific name: *Ara severus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `zoo` (Zoo e animais de estimação), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 3274
- Wikidata: [Q852709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852709)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72520](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72520)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-fronted Macaw
- de: Rotbugara
- es: Maracaná grande
- fr: Ara vert
- nl: Dwergara
- pt: Maracanã-guaçu
- pl: Ara kasztanowoczelna

## Countries with the most observations

CO (778), PE (510), BO (376), EC (351), BR (260), VE (196), US (195), GF (23), CW (22), PA (21), SR (6)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-fronted_macaw

## Photo

![Maracanã-guaçu](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-fronted-macaw/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel van der Post · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25124266

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chestnut-fronted-macaw?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).