Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Oriental hackberry

Amazona farinosa compared with Celtis tournefortii

Key Differences

• Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Oriental hackberry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Oriental hackberry
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Psittaciformes (ببغاء)	Rosales (ورديات)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cannabaceae
Genus	Amazona	Celtis
Species	Amazona farinosa	Celtis tournefortii

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Oriental hackberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Oriental hackberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Oriental hackberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Bulgaria.

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

One of the largest amazon parrots, mealy amazons have subtle powder-green plumage with bluish-grey head and a distinctive dusty or powdery sheen to the feathers that gives them their name. Found in lowland tropical forest from southern Mexico through Central America and across most of South America to Bolivia and Brazil. They inhabit humid forest and forest edges, traveling in pairs or small flocks. Listed as Least Concern globally though locally impacted by habitat loss and the pet trade.