Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Silky feather-winged beetle

Amazona mercenaria compared with Acrotrichis sericans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Silky feather-winged beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Ptiliidae
Genus	Amazona	Acrotrichis
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Acrotrichis sericans

Evolutionary Relationship

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon and Silky feather-winged beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Silky feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Silky feather-winged beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Silky feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Chile).

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

A large, predominantly green amazon parrot with distinctive dark-scaled nape feathers and a patch of red on the wing, scaly-naped amazons inhabit humid montane forests of the northern and central Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru at elevations of 600–3,000 meters. Relatively little known compared to other amazons, they are found in pairs or small flocks feeding on seeds, fruit, and flowers in cloud forest. Listed as Least Concern.