beach evening-primrose vs Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Oenothera drummondii compared with Amazona mercenaria

Key Differences

beach evening-primrose is Not Evaluated while Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beach evening-primrose	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Onagraceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Oenothera	Amazona
Species	Oenothera drummondii	Amazona mercenaria

Conservation Status

beach evening-primrose

NE — Not Evaluated

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beach evening-primrose	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

beach evening-primrose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (France, Spain, Sweden), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

beach evening-primrose

The Beach evening-primrose (Oenothera drummondii) is a species in the genus Oenothera. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.