Mealy amazon

Mealy amazon
Tambopata River, Peru
Southern mealy amazon calls, recorded in Madre de Dios, Peru
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Amazona
Species:
A. farinosa
Binomial name
Amazona farinosa
(Boddaert, 1783)

The mealy amazon or mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa) is among the largest parrots in the genus Amazona, the amazon parrots. It is a mainly green parrot with a total length of 38–41 cm (15–16 in). It is native to tropical Central and South America. This species, the southern mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa farinosa ), the northern mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa guatemalae) are considered conspecific.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Amazona farinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T45430572A210109682. Retrieved 22 July 2022.