Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs Stinking iris

Amazona amazonica compared with Iris foetidissima

Key Differences

  • Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon is Least Concern while Stinking iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon Stinking iris
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Aves (Birds) Insecta (Insects)
Order Psittaciformes (Parrots) Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family Psittacidae (True Parrots) Eremiaphilidae
Genus Amazona Iris
Species Amazona amazonica Iris foetidissima

Evolutionary Relationship

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon and Stinking iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Stinking iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon Stinking iris
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).

Stinking iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.

Stinking iris

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

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