Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs Triangle Plume

Amazona amazonica compared with Platyptilia gonodactyla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Triangle Plume
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Pterophoridae
Genus	Amazona	Platyptilia
Species	Amazona amazonica	Platyptilia gonodactyla

Evolutionary Relationship

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

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Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Triangle Plume

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	Triangle Plume
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).

Triangle Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Asia (4 countries) and Europe (27 countries).

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.