Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Red-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon

Amazona farinosa compared with Amazona pretrei

Key Differences

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Red-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Red-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family same	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus same	Amazona	Amazona
Species	Amazona farinosa	Amazona pretrei

Evolutionary Relationship

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon and Red-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Amazona.

View Genus: Amazona

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Red-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Red-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon
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-spectacled Parrot / Red-spectacled Amazon

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.