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Mealy amazon

Amazona farinosa (Boddaert, 1783)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa) is a species in the family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 625 g to 750 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa)
Photo: Attila Oláh · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mealy amazon

Weight
625 g – 750 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mealy amazon live?

Not recorded

What is the mealy amazon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Mealy amazon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mealy_amazon&oldid=1335015805), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the mealy amazon sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the mealy amazon endangered?

The mealy amazon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the mealy amazon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittacidae
  6. genusAmazona
  7. SpeciesAmazona farinosa (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Psittacus farinosus

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Mealy AmazonEnglish
  • Mealy parrotEnglish
  • Northern mealy AmazonEnglish
  • Northern mealy parrotEnglish
  • Southern mealy AmazonEnglish
  • Southern mealy AmazonEnglish
  • Southern mealy AmazonEnglish
  • ببغاء دقيقيArabic
  • أمازون دقيقيArabic
  • papagai farinós meridionalCatalan
  • Amazona farinosa meridionalCatalan
  • amazoňan pomoučenýCzech
  • amason mawrWelsh
  • Farinosa AmazoneDanish
  • Farinosa-amazoneDanish
  • MülleramazoneGerman
  • Müller-AmazoneGerman
  • faruneca amazonpapagoEsperanto
  • Lora realSpanish
  • Amazona burronaSpanish
  • Amazona harinosa sureñaSpanish
  • Loro corona azulSpanish
  • loro verdeSpanish
  • selva-amatsoonpapagoiEstonian
  • jauhoamatsoniFinnish
  • Amazone poudréeFrench
  • brašnasta amazonkaCroatian
  • Molnár-amazonHungarian
  • guatemalai amazonHungarian
  • lisztes amazonHungarian
  • Ամազոն ՄյուլլերիArmenian
  • Amazzone farinosaItalian
  • ムジボウシインコJapanese
  • Miulerio amazonėLithuanian
  • balzganoji amazonėLithuanian
  • Grote AmazoneDutch
  • melamazonNorwegian
  • amazonka skromnaPolish
  • papagaio-moleiroPortuguese
  • Амазон МюллераRussian
  • Бледный амазонRussian
  • Мюллеров амазонRussian
  • amazoňan džungľovýSlovak
  • Brašnasti amazonacSerbian
  • mjölamazonSwedish
  • sydlig mjölamazonSwedish
  • Büyük AmazonTurkish
  • амазон жовтолобийUkrainian
  • 斑点鹦哥Chinese
  • 斑點亞馬遜鸚哥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the mealy amazon

Other species in the same genus Amazona.

NT, Near Threatened
Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala)

Cuban amazon

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mealy amazon?

An adult mealy amazon weighs 625 g – 750 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mealy amazon endangered?

The mealy amazon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the mealy amazon?

The mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{mealy_amazon_2026,
  title = {Mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mealy-amazon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}