Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Amazona farinosa compared with Physalis acutifolia

Key Differences

• Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Solanaceae
Genus	Amazona	Physalis
Species	Amazona farinosa	Physalis acutifolia

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
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.

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Japan and Sweden.

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.