Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon vs Red-tailed Parrot / Red-tailed Amazon

Amazona farinosa compared with Amazona brasiliensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Red-tailed Parrot / Red-tailed Amazon
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class same	Aves (kuş)	Aves (kuş)
Order same	Psittaciformes (Papağansılar)	Psittaciformes (Papağansılar)
Family same	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus same	Amazona	Amazona
Species	Amazona farinosa	Amazona brasiliensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon and Red-tailed Parrot / Red-tailed Amazon share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Amazona.

Göster Genus: Amazona

Conservation Status

Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Red-tailed Parrot / Red-tailed Amazon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Parrot / Mealy Amazon	Red-tailed Parrot / Red-tailed Amazon
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.

Red-tailed Parrot / Red-tailed Amazon

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.