Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Spathulate Botrychium

Amazona farinosa compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Amazona	Botrychium
Species	Amazona farinosa	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, 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.