Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon vs Wax flower

Amazona mercenaria compared with Hoya australis

Key Differences

• Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon is Least Concern while Wax flower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Wax flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Amazona	Hoya
Species	Amazona mercenaria	Hoya australis

Conservation Status

Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon

LC — Least Concern

Wax flower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaly-naped Parrot / Scaly-naped Amazon	Wax flower
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.

Wax flower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Marshall Islands, Tonga, and United States.

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.