Mérida Brocket vs Rusty-faced Parrot

Mazama bricenii compared with Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Key Differences

Mérida Brocket is Vulnerable while Rusty-faced Parrot is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mérida Brocket	Rusty-faced Parrot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Mazama	Hapalopsittaca
Species	Mazama bricenii	Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Evolutionary Relationship

Mérida Brocket and Rusty-faced Parrot share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Mérida Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Rusty-faced Parrot

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mérida Brocket	Rusty-faced Parrot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mérida Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Rusty-faced Parrot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

A medium-sized parrot of the high-altitude cloud forests and Andean slopes of Colombia and Venezuela, rusty-faced parrots have green plumage with a distinctive orange-rufous face and forehead. They inhabit humid mountain forests between 1,500–3,000 meters and are little studied due to their remote, steep habitat. Listed as Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation of Andean cloud forests. They move seasonally with food availability across forested ridges.