Amazona farinosa
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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.
A. f. guatemalae: Found from southeastern Mexico to Honduras. Also known as the northern mealy amazon, blue-crowned mealy amazon or the Guatemalan amazon. Also known as the Costa Rican mealy amazon or the green-headed amazon.
A. f. farinosa : Found in tropical Central and South America. Also known as the southern mealy amazon. The mealy amazon was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mealy Parrot sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 106 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 240 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Mealy Parrot in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 370 mm in June.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mealy Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 34
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Mealy Parrot sightings, Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve ranks 10th at about 30%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 40%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 40%) and Darién National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Amazona
The closest relatives of the Mealy Parrot that you can see in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (genus Amazona, Amazon Parrots) are Red-lored Parrot (about 40%) and White-fronted Parrot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mealy Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (106 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
