Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon vs St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon

Amazona amazonica compared with Amazona versicolor

Key Differences

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon is Least Concern while St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (प्राणी)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum same	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class same	Aves (पक्षी)	Aves (पक्षी)
Order same	Psittaciformes (तोता)	Psittaciformes (तोता)
Family same	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus same	Amazona	Amazona
Species	Amazona amazonica	Amazona versicolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon and St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Amazona.

View Genus: Amazona

Conservation Status

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

LC — Least Concern

St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon	St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Barbados, Saint Lucia, United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

St. Lucia Parrot / St. Lucia Amazon

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Orange-winged Parrot / Orange-winged Amazon

A medium-sized amazon parrot of South American tropical and secondary forests, orange-winged amazons have predominantly green plumage with distinctive orange wing patches visible in flight, blue and yellow on the head. Found from Colombia and Trinidad east to Venezuela, the Guianas, and south through Brazil and Bolivia. One of the most common and widespread amazons, living in large, noisy flocks and roosting communally. They are widely kept as pets throughout Latin America and internationally.