Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Slender-billed Grackle

Amazona farinosa compared with Quiscalus palustris

Key Differences

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Slender-billed Grackle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Slender-billed Grackle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Icteridae
Genus	Amazona	Quiscalus
Species	Amazona farinosa	Quiscalus palustris

Evolutionary Relationship

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon and Slender-billed Grackle share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Slender-billed Grackle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Slender-billed Grackle
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.

Slender-billed Grackle

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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.