Cupped Ear vs Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

Otidea cantharella compared with Amazona farinosa

Key Differences

Cupped Ear is Least Concern while Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Otideaceae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Otidea	Amazona
Species	Otidea cantharella	Amazona farinosa

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

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.