Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs Pale fox

Amazona amazonica compared with Vulpes pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon Pale fox
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same Chordata (Chordates) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Aves (Birds) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Psittaciformes (Parrots) Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family Psittacidae (True Parrots) Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus Amazona Vulpes (Foxes)
Species Amazona amazonica Vulpes pallida

Evolutionary Relationship

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon and Pale fox share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Pale fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon Pale fox
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Barbados, Saint Lucia, United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Pale fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

A medium-sized amazon parrot of South American tropical and secondary forests, orange-winged amazons have predominantly green plumage with distinctive orange wing patches visible in flight, blue and yellow on the head. Found from Colombia and Trinidad east to Venezuela, the Guianas, and south through Brazil and Bolivia. One of the most common and widespread amazons, living in large, noisy flocks and roosting communally. They are widely kept as pets throughout Latin America and internationally.

Pale fox

No description available.

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