Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs short-stem iris

Amazona farinosa compared with Iris brevicaulis

Key Differences

• Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon is Near Threatened while short-stem iris is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	short-stem iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)
Class	Aves (นก)	Insecta (แมลง)
Order	Psittaciformes (อันดับนกแก้ว)	Mantodea (ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Amazona	Iris
Species	Amazona farinosa	Iris brevicaulis

Evolutionary Relationship

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon and short-stem iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

short-stem iris

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	short-stem iris
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.

short-stem iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Canada.

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.