Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs Rosette Tooth

Amazona amazonica compared with Hydnellum cumulatum

Key Differences

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon is Least Concern while Rosette Tooth is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Rosette Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Amazona	Hydnellum
Species	Amazona amazonica	Hydnellum cumulatum

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Rosette Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Rosette Tooth
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).

Rosette Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. 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.