Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Waved Pincertail

Amazona mercenaria compared with Onychogomphus flexuosus

Key Differences

• Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern while Waved Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Waved Pincertail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Gomphidae
Genus	Amazona	Onychogomphus
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Onychogomphus flexuosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon and Waved Pincertail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Waved Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Waved Pincertail
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.

Waved Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.