Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs qasab el-sokkar

Amazona mercenaria compared with Saccharum officinarum

Key Differences

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern while qasab el-sokkar is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	qasab el-sokkar
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Liliopsida (زنبقانية)
Order	Psittaciformes (ببغاء)	Poales (قبئيات)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Amazona	Saccharum
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Saccharum officinarum

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

qasab el-sokkar

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	qasab el-sokkar
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.

qasab el-sokkar

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.