False Bruce Spanworm vs Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

Macaria loricaria compared with Amazona farinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Bruce Spanworm	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Geometridae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Macaria	Amazona
Species	Macaria loricaria	Amazona farinosa

Evolutionary Relationship

False Bruce Spanworm and Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

False Bruce Spanworm

NT — Near Threatened

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Bruce Spanworm	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Bruce Spanworm

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.