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 NT    Mealy Parrot* Id (Atlas):
    Amazona farinosa

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Southern Mealy Amazon, Mealy Amazon, Mealy Parrot, Blue-crowned Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
38 - 40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (95)...)

 
Southern Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) [XC504362]
     by Juha Honkala from Reserva Natural da Vale - Linhares, Espirito Santo, Brazil (song)

 
Southern Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) [XC552309]
     by Kent Livezey from Paz de Ariporo, Casanare, Colombia (song)

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.



References
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Files:
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