Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Salento Iris

Amazona farinosa compared with Iris revoluta

Key Differences

• Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Salento Iris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Salento Iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (حيوانات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Arthropoda (مفصليات الأرجل)
Class	Aves (طيور)	Insecta (حشرات)
Order	Psittaciformes (ببغاء)	Mantodea (فرس النبي)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Amazona	Iris
Species	Amazona farinosa	Iris revoluta

Evolutionary Relationship

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon and Salento Iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (حيوانات)

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Salento Iris
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.

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.