Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs White Pine

Amazona amazonica compared with Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	White Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Amazona	Dacrycarpus
Species	Amazona amazonica	Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

White Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	White Pine
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).

White Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

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.