• The Mealy Parrot is a heterotroph.

• It is multicellular.

• 340 other species.

• The length of this parrot ranges to 8.4cm to 100cm.

• It is usually red, green, blue, purple, brown, and yellow.

• does not contain the prokaryotes

• Kingdom Monera, includes bacteria, blue-green algae,

• protists, or Kingdom Protista, includes unicellular eukaryotic organism.

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Phylum: Chordate

• bilateral symmetry
• segmented body, including segmented muscles
• three germ layers and a well-developed coelom.
• single, dorsal, hollow nerve cord, usually with an enlarged anterior end (brain)
• tail projecting beyond (posterior to) the anus at some stage of development
• pharyngeal pouches present at some stage of development
• ventral heart, with dorsal and ventral blood vessels and a closed blood system
• complete digestive system
• bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton usually present.

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Class: Aves (birds)

• horny beak, no teeth
• large muscular stomach
• feathers
• large yolked, hard-shelled eggs. The parent bird provides extensive care of the young until it is grown, or gets some other bird to look after the young.
• strong skeleton
• vertebrates with feathers
• 30 orders of birds
• 180 families
• 200 genera with 10,000 species

Order: Psittaciformes (parrots)

• Amazona Farinosa (Mealy Parrot)

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Family: Psittacidae (parrot)

•  The Mealy Parrot is in the bird family.

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Genes, Species (The great Moluccan)

• Many are excellent talkers
• Unique and sometimes strong personalities
• Overall length is about 12 to 14 inches, shaped somewhat like a football
• Primarily green birds, all have short tails.
• Amazons originate in South & Central America.

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Fun Facts:

• More than 32 species & subspecies
• The Mealy is the largest Amazon species kept in captivity.

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