Parrots (Psittacidae)
Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) - HBW 4, p. 475
French: Amazone poudrée
German: Mülleramazone
Spanish: Amazona Harinosa
Other common names: Mealy/Blue-crowned Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus farinosus Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne.
Proposed South American races chapmani and inornata appear to lack consistent features. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- guatemalae (P. L. Sclater, 1860) - SE Mexico to NW Honduras.
- virenticeps (Salvadori, 1891) - Sula Valley, Honduras, to W Panama.
- farinosa (Boddaert, 1783) - E Panama and E, N & W Colombia E to SC Venezuela and the Guianas, and S through NW & E Ecuador, E Peru and NE Bolivia to Amazon basin, then on to CE & SE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds taking minerals at a salt lick with a Yellow-crowned Amazons, Blue-headed Parrots and Dusky-headed Parakeets, s Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp farinosa)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 29 sec 4.9 -
A number of birds taking minerals at a salt lick together with Blue-headed Parrots and many Dusky-headed Parakeets Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp farinosa)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 41 sec 4.7 -
A group of birds taking minerals at a salt lick, and some more individuals arriving Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp farinosa)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 45 sec 4.4 -
A group of birds taking minerals at a salt lick with a few Blue-headed Parrots and many more Dusky-headed Parakeets, suddenly al Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp farinosa)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 57 sec 4.4 -
Two birds at their nest site Locality Cana Field Station, Darién National Park, Darién Province, Panama
Will Carter 9 January 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch close to a salt lick Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp farinosa)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 22 sec 4.1
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Two birds perched in a high tree
Locality Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp farinosa)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 October 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Observation to "Montagne des chevaux"
Locality French Guiana
Thierry Nogaro 28 April 2008 2 years ago 2.5 -
Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa)
Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 28 December 2008 1 year ago 2.4
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Song and calls from adult perched in canopy. Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp farinosa)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 2 August 2011 27 weeks ago 4.5 -
Calls from a flock near a small flooded lake at forest edge. Locality Floresta Amazonica Hotel, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp farinosa)
Bradley Davis 15 January 2006 2 years ago 4 -
2 Birds - Song and calls - Also : Lophotriccus galeatus, Trogon rufus and Pionus fuscus passing by. Locality Kaw-Roura Nature Reserve, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 27 June 2010 1 year ago 3
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