Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Tuna

Amazona mercenaria compared with Opuntia elatior

Key Differences

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern while Tuna is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Tuna
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cactaceae
Genus	Amazona	Opuntia
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Opuntia elatior

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Tuna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Tuna
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.

Tuna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Kenya), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), Europe (France, Italy), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

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.