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Amazona farinosa  (Boddaert, 1783)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177793

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Psittacus farinosus Boddaert, 1783
  
  Common Name(s): Mealy Amazon [English]
  
    Mealy Parrot [English]
  
    Loro corona azul [Spanish]
  
    Amazone poudrée [French]
  
    Amazona harinosa sureña [Spanish]
  
    papagaio-moleiro [Portuguese]
  
    Southern Mealy Amazon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPsittaciformes  – Parrots, perroquets  
                            FamilyPsittacidae  – Macaws, Parrots, aras, perroquets  
                               GenusAmazona R. Lesson, 1830 – Amazon Parrots  
                                  SpeciesAmazona farinosa (Boddaert, 1783) – Mealy Amazon, Mealy Parrot, Loro corona azul, Amazone poudrée, Amazona harinosa sureña, papagaio-moleiro, Southern Mealy Amazon  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Amazona farinosa farinosa (Boddaert, 1783)  
                                     Subspecies Amazona farinosa guatemalae (P. L. Sclater, 1860)  
                                     Subspecies Amazona farinosa virenticeps (Salvadori, 1891)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2006), website (version Jul-2006)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,041 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-47), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa, Mealy Parrot [English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Loro corona azul[Spanish]   
       
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6 (2021), database (version 6)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 13.2), website (version 13.2), website (version 13.2)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Gill, Frank, David Donsker & Pamela Rasmussen, eds. 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 November, 2023]   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa, Mealy Amazon [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.06.09, website (version 09-Jun-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and L. Christidis, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 2 Passerines   
  Page(s): lii + 752   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861122   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa, Mealy Parrot [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Amazona farinosa, Mealy Amazon [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Restore English name of Southern Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa to simply Mealy Amazon with the re-lump of Northern Mealy Amazon A. guatemalae (IOC List v13.2)  
 

 

    

 
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