What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Chestnut-fronted Macaw been recorded?

Ara severus occurrence evidence comes from 352 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1897 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Chestnut-fronted Macaw — Photo (display-sized rendition): Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPsittaciformesPsittacidaeAra

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

352 records across 13 countries and territories, 1897–2026.

Ara severus · GBIF taxon key 5959228

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18972026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Chestnut-fronted Macaw has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Chestnut-fronted Macaw. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 182
Peru 67
Bolivia 24
Venezuela 24
United States 16
Ecuador 15
Brazil 14
Panama 5
Belgium 1
Curaçao 1
French Guiana 1
Suriname 1
ZZ 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.