Mealy Amazon Parrot (Amazona farinosa)

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Photo by Dan Doucette

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

The Mealy Parrot is one of the largest American parrots. It is mainly green with a whitish mottling on the back and neck. It has a short square tail and the end half of the tail is yellowish. The wings have blue-black trailing edge to the wing and a small red wing patch.

Habitat:

forest

Notes:

I spotted this at Finca Magdalena on the island of Ometepe in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. It was kind of the pet of the farm and was always hanging around. It is chewing a pen I left on the table in the second photo.

Reference Links:

Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | Bird

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