Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Snake Palm

Amazona mercenaria compared with Caryota ophiopellis

Key Differences

• Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern while Snake Palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Snake Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Arecaceae
Genus	Amazona	Caryota
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Caryota ophiopellis

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Snake Palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Snake Palm
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.

Snake Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.