Crested Cow-Wheat vs Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Melampyrum cristatum compared with Amazona mercenaria

Key Differences

• Crested Cow-Wheat is Endangered while Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Cow-Wheat	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Orobanchaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Melampyrum	Amazona
Species	Melampyrum cristatum	Amazona mercenaria

Conservation Status

Crested Cow-Wheat

EN — Endangered

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Cow-Wheat	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway