Ara rubrogenys

Lafresnaye, 1847 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Psittaciformes/Psittacidae/Ara

At a glance

Occurrence records96

Data sources10

Biological traits27

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Ara rubrogenys's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility96 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF96 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI1.4 Gbp

01Narrative

The red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys) is a parrot endemic to a small semi-desert mountainous area of Bolivia. It is a critically endangered species; it has been successfully bred in captivity, and is available, if not common, as a pet. It is also sometimes known in the literature as Lafresnaye's macaw, named for the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye, who was one of the first to describe the species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAnAgeAmnioteDBAVONET

Size & morphology12

Beak depth50.1 mm

Beak length (culmen)50.5 mm

Beak length (nares)46.5 mm

Beak width24.7 mm

Body mass470 g

Hand-wing index37.9

Kipp's distance113 mm

SVL60 cm

Secondary length187 mm

Tail length321 mm

Tarsus length27.1 mm

Wing length300 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Growth rate0.13 /day

Litter size1.85

Max. longevity276 months

Diet & foraging8

Fruit10 %

Ground60 %

Midhigh20 %

Plant other30 %

Seed60 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheGranivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size7 426 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ara rubrogenys has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Ara rubrogenys carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size1 374 090 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Ara rubrogenys1.37 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type96 records

Wild obs. + sensor72

Museum / vouchered24

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO280 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy18% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 2>10 km 55

67 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor72

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 9>10 km 1

10 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence24

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	17
Paris, FR	3
Cambridge, US	1
Philadelphia, US	1
Ann Arbor, US	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 24 of 24 vouchered records shown

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