Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Slender Spreadwing

Amazona mercenaria compared with Lestes rectangularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Slender Spreadwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (حيوانات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Arthropoda (مفصليات الأرجل)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Insecta (حشرات)
Order	Psittaciformes (ببغاء)	Odonata (يعسوبيات)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Lestidae
Genus	Amazona	Lestes
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Lestes rectangularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon and Slender Spreadwing share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (حيوانات)

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Slender Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Slender Spreadwing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Slender Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

A large, predominantly green amazon parrot with distinctive dark-scaled nape feathers and a patch of red on the wing, scaly-naped amazons inhabit humid montane forests of the northern and central Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru at elevations of 600–3,000 meters. Relatively little known compared to other amazons, they are found in pairs or small flocks feeding on seeds, fruit, and flowers in cloud forest. Listed as Least Concern.