Confusing Furrow Bee vs Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

Halictus confusus compared with Amazona farinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Confusing Furrow Bee	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Aves (นก)
Order	Hymenoptera (แตน)	Psittaciformes (อันดับนกแก้ว)
Family	Halictidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Halictus	Amazona
Species	Halictus confusus	Amazona farinosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Confusing Furrow Bee and Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

ดู: Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Confusing Furrow Bee

NT — Near Threatened

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Confusing Furrow Bee	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Confusing Furrow Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

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.