Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Amazona farinosa compared with Cladonia pleurota

Key Differences

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Red-Fruited Pixie Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Amazona	Cladonia
Species	Amazona farinosa	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
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.

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.