Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon

Amazona amazonica compared with Amazona vittata

Key Differences

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon is Least Concern while Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family same	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus same	Amazona	Amazona
Species	Amazona amazonica	Amazona vittata

Evolutionary Relationship

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon and Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Amazona.

View Genus: Amazona

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

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).

Puerto Rican Parrot / Puerto Rican Amazon

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.