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Scaly-naped amazon

Amazona mercenarius (Tschudi, 1844)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The scaly-naped amazon (Amazona mercenarius) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 340 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Scaly-naped amazon (Amazona mercenarius)
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the scaly-naped amazon

Weight
340 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the scaly-naped amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the scaly-naped amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The scaly-naped amazon (Amazona mercenarius), also known as the scaly-naped parrot, mercenary amazon, Tschudi's amazon, mountain parrot, or gray-naped amazon is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.

It is found along the Andes in the northern part of South America.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Scaly-naped amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scaly-naped_amazon&oldid=1380737442), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the scaly-naped amazon endangered?

The scaly-naped amazon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the scaly-naped amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona mercenarius (Tschudi, 1844)

Synonyms Amazona mercenaria, Psittacus mercenarius

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Scaly-naped AmazonEnglish
  • Scaly-naped AmazonEnglish
  • Scaly-naped AmazonEnglish
  • Scaly-naped parrotEnglish
  • Scaly-naped parrotEnglish
  • ببغاء مقشر العنقArabic
  • أمازون مقشر العنقArabic
  • papagai mercenariCatalan
  • amazoňan vojenskýCzech
  • amason gwar cennogWelsh
  • SoldateramazoneDanish
  • SoldatenamazoneGerman
  • anda amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Loro de los AndesSpanish
  • Amazona mercenariaSpanish
  • Loro nuca escamadaSpanish
  • andi amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • andienamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone mercenaireFrench
  • andska amazonkaCroatian
  • katona amazonHungarian
  • Զինվորական ամազոնArmenian
  • Amazzone nucasquamataItalian
  • ネズミエリボウシインコJapanese
  • žvynuotasprandė amazonėLithuanian
  • SchubnekamazoneDutch
  • andesamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka zielonaPolish
  • papagaio-andinoPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-nuca-escamosaPortuguese
  • papagaio-de-pescoço-escamosoPortuguese
  • Солдатский амазонRussian
  • amazoňan zelenýSlovak
  • Vojnički amazonacSerbian
  • soldatamazonSwedish
  • Asker AmazonTurkish
  • амазон андійськийUkrainian
  • Солдатський амазонUkrainian
  • 鳞颈鹦哥Chinese
  • 鱗頸亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

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Relatives of the scaly-naped amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the scaly-naped amazon?

An adult scaly-naped amazon weighs 340 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the scaly-naped amazon endangered?

The scaly-naped amazon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the scaly-naped amazon?

The scaly-naped amazon (Amazona mercenarius) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{scaly_naped_amazon_2026,
  title = {Scaly-naped amazon (Amazona mercenarius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/scaly-naped-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}