Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestCavity nestLarge · 626 g

What the Mealy Amazon sounds like

Sonogram of the Mealy Amazon: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé Botrosa Road end, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Oliver Komar · Call · Darién Province, Panama · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The mealy amazon has a total length of about 38–41 cm (15–16 in) and weighs 540–700 g (19–25 oz). Captives commonly are heavier. It is among the largest parrots in the Americas, mainly being surpassed by the large macaws. It has a relatively short and square shaped tail, as do the other members of the Amazona genus. The mealy amazon is mainly green. The back and nape often have a whitish tinge; almost as if it had been covered in a thin layer of flour ("meal"; hence its name).

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When to see the Mealy Amazon

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mealy Amazon

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama Peru Ecuador Colombia Belize Brazil Guatemala Venezuela Guyana Mexico Bolivia French Guiana Nicaragua Suriname Honduras

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Portugal.

About the Mealy Amazon

The mealy amazon or mealy parrot 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, the northern mealy amazon are considered conspecific.

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Easily confused with

Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonicaThe orange-winged amazon is a mainly green parrot about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighing about 340 g.

Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephalaSubspecies in the nominate group (including subspecies xantholaema, nattereri and panamensis) have a total length of 33–38 cm (14–15 in).

White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifronsThe white-fronted amazon, at about 25 cm (9.8 in) long, is the smallest of the amazon parrots.

Side by side: Mealy Amazon vs Red-lored Amazon · Mealy Amazon vs White-fronted Amazon · Mealy Amazon vs Orange-winged Amazon · Mealy Amazon vs Yellow-crowned Amazon

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