Deviltree vs Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Amazona farinosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Aves (Birds)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family Apocynaceae Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus Alstonia Amazona
Species Alstonia macrophylla Amazona farinosa

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Deviltree Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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.

Deviltree

No description available.

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.

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