Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Variable Chafer

Amazona farinosa compared with Gnorimus variabilis

Key Differences

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while Variable Chafer is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Variable Chafer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Amazona	Gnorimus
Species	Amazona farinosa	Gnorimus variabilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon and Variable Chafer share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Variable Chafer

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Variable Chafer
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.

Variable Chafer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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.