Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).
Status NT
Ongoing habitat destruction and unsustainable levels of hunting are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Southern Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) [XC237947]
by Niels Krabbe from Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7 km E Playa de Oro, Ecuador (call, calls)
Southern Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) [XC261622]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Agua Blanca, R\u00edo Chimbagal, Ecuador (song, songs)
Subspecies
Proposed South American subspecies chapmani and inornata appear to lack consistent features.
White-faced Amazon (Amazona kawalli) is widely considered to be an aberrant form this species.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
guatemalae (Boddaert, 1783) - South-eastern Mexico to north-western Honduras. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Northern Mealy Amazon (Amazona guatemalae).
virenticeps (Salvadori, 1891) - Sula Valley, Honduras, to western Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Mealy Amazon (Amazona guatemalae).
farinosa (Boddaert, 1783) - Eastern Panama and east, northern and western Colombia east to south-central Venezuela and the Guianas, and south through north-western and eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-eastern Bolivia to Amazon basin, then on to central-eastern and south-eastern Brazil.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet