Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs Rusty Crust

Amazona amazonica compared with Skeletocutis amorpha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Rusty Crust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Amazona	Skeletocutis
Species	Amazona amazonica	Skeletocutis amorpha

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Crust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Rusty Crust
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).

Rusty Crust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.