🦩 American flamingo vs Scarlet macaw 🦜
The American flamingo is about one and a half times as tall as the scarlet macaw. The American flamingo weighs about twice as much as the scarlet macaw.
| Row | 🦩 American flamingo | 🦜 Scarlet macaw |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The American flamingo weighs about twice as much as the scarlet macaw. | 4 to 7.9 lb1.8 to 3.6 kg1 | 2 to 3.3 lb900 g to 1.5 kg2 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the scarlet macaw yet. | 40 to 60 years40 to 60 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The American flamingo eats plants and animals; the scarlet macaw eats plants. | tiny shrimp, small snails and algae from shallow water | fruit, seeds, nuts and flowers |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | shallow lagoons and salty lakes around the Caribbean, in Florida, Mexico and northern South America | the rainforests of Central and South America, from Mexico to Brazil |
Which one? American flamingo or scarlet macaw
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American flamingo or the scarlet macaw yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed rule, Federal Register 6 July 2012, checked 30 October 2026.