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Northern Mealy Parrot

Amazona guatemalae (Sclater, PL 1860)

The northern mealy amazon or northern 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 endemic to tropical Central America. This species and the southern mealy amazon were previously considered conspecific. Some taxonomic authorities (including the American Ornithological Society, continue to lump them together. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittacidae
Genus:
   Amazona
Scientific:
  Amazona guatemalae


Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1860)

Reference:
   Ibis

Protonym:
  Chrysotis guatemalae

Type locality:
  Guatemala and Honduras; the Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. lists a specimen from Honduras as the type.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8594184


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D0D63FF12A587CC7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D0D63FF1

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D0D63FF1


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 714656


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Amazona guatemalae guatemalae: Caribbean slope of se Mexico to nw Honduras
  • Amazona guatemalae virenticeps: Honduras (Sula Valley) to extreme w Panama
English:
Northern Mealy Parrot
Catalan:
Papagai farinós septentrional
Danish:
Guatemala-amazone
German:
Guatemalaamazone
Spanish:
Amazona harinosa norteña
French:
Amazone guatémaltèque
Croatian:
tirkiznokapa amazonka
Italian:
Amazzone farinosa settentrionale
Dutch:
Guatemala-amazone
Polish:
amazonka modra
Portuguese:
papagaio-guatemalteco
Slovak:
amazoňan zelenkavý
Swedish:
nordlig mjölamazon
Ukrainian:
амазон гватемальський
Chinese:
北斑点鹦哥
Chinese (Traditional):
北方斑點亞馬遜鸚哥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Mealy Parrot [guatemalae or virenticeps] ( Amazona farinosa [guatemalae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Northern Mealy Parrot ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Mealy Parrot (Northern) ( Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Mealy Parrot (Northern) ( Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Mealy Parrot (Northern) ( Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Mealy Parrot (Northern) ( Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Mealy Parrot (Northern) ( Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Mealy Parrot (Northern) ( Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Northern Mealy Amazon ( Amazona guatemalae) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Amazona [farinosa or guatemalae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Papagai farinós septentrional
Danish: Guatemala-amazone
German: Guatemalaamazone, Mülleramazone (guatemalae/virenticeps)
English: Mealy Parrot (Northern), Mealy Parrot [guatemalae or virenticeps], Northern Mealy Amazon, Northern Mealy Parrot
English, HBW: Northern Mealy Amazon
English (IOC): Northern Mealy Amazon
English (United States): Mealy Parrot (Northern)
Spanish: Amazona Harinosa (guatemalae/virenticeps), Amazona harinosa norteña
Spanish (Costa Rica): Loro Verde (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Spanish (Ecuador): Amazona Harinosa (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Spanish (Spain): Amazona harinosa (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Spanish (Mexico): Loro Corona Azul (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Spanish (Panama): Loro Harinoso (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Spanish (Peru): Loro Harinoso (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Estonian: keskameerika amatsoonpapagoi
French: Amazone guatémaltèque, Amazone poudrée [guatemalae or virenticeps], Amazone poudrée [guatemalae ou virenticeps]
Croatian: tirkiznokapa amazonka
Italian: Amazzone farinosa settentrionale
Japanese (romaji): mujiboushiinko (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Japanese: ムジボウシインコ (guatemalae/virenticeps), ムジボウシインコ(guatemalae/virenticeps)
Scientific: Amazona farinosa [guatemalae], Amazona farinosa guatemalae, Amazona farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps, Amazona guatemalae, Amazona guatemalae guatemalae, Chrysotis guatemalae
Dutch: Guatemala-amazone
Norwegian: melamazon (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Polish: amazonka modra, amazonka skromna (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Portuguese: papagaio-guatemalteco
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-moleiro (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Russian: Бледный амазон (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Slovak: amazoňan zelenkavý, amazoňan zelenkavý (skup.)
Serbian: Brašnasti amazonac (severni)
Swedish: nordlig mjölamazon
Turkish: Büyük amazon (guatemalae/virenticeps)
Ukrainian: амазон гватемальський
Chinese: 北斑点鹦哥
Chinese (Traditional): 北方斑點亞馬遜鸚哥

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