Broad-ringed White-eye vs Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Zosterops poliogastrus compared with Amazona mercenaria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-ringed White-eye	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Zosteropidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Zosterops	Amazona
Species	Zosterops poliogastrus	Amazona mercenaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Broad-ringed White-eye and Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Broad-ringed White-eye

LC — Least Concern

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-ringed White-eye	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-ringed White-eye

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Kenya, Norway, and United Kingdom.

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Broad-ringed White-eye

The Broad-Ringed White-Eye (Zosterops poliogastrus) is a species in the genus Zosterops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

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.