Listen to the Mealy amazon
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About the Mealy amazon
The Mealy amazon is a bird in the family Psittacidae (order Psittaciformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Mealy amazon sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Related birds in the genus Amazona
More from the family Psittacidae
Military macaw
Ara militaris
Monk parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Chestnut-fronted macaw
Ara severus
Crimson rosella
Platycercus elegans
Blue-headed parrot
Pionus menstruus
Australian king parrot
Alisterus scapularis
Australian ringneck
Barnardius zonarius
Golden-plumed parakeet
Leptosittaca branickii
Barred parakeet
Bolborhynchus lineola
Frequently asked questions
What does a Mealy amazon sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Mealy amazon on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Mealy amazon endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Mealy amazon as “least concern”.
What family does the Mealy amazon belong to?
The Mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa) belongs to the family Psittacidae in the order Psittaciformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé Botrosa Road end, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Darién Province, Panama by Oliver Komar – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q927429 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Mealy amazon – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Attila Oláh – CC BY 4.0