Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Taiwan flowering cherry

Amazona mercenaria compared with Prunus campanulata

Key Differences

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern while Taiwan flowering cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Taiwan flowering cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Amazona	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Prunus campanulata

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Taiwan flowering cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Taiwan flowering cherry
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.

Taiwan flowering cherry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.