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Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday



Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Aratinga nenday (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Nandayus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass 128 g
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 368,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend increasing - suspected -
Generation length 6 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be increasing as ongoing habitat degradation is creating new areas of suitable habitat.


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Argentina extant native yes
Bolivia extant native yes
Brazil extant native yes
Paraguay extant native yes
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant introduced yes
Uruguay extant introduced yes
USA extant introduced yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Argentina Reserva El Bagual
Bolivia Área Natural de Manejo Integrado San Matías
Bolivia KAA-IYA del Gran Chaco
Bolivia Palmar de las Islas
Brazil Maciço do Urucum e Adjacências
Brazil Nhumirim
Brazil Pantanal de Nabileque
Brazil Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena e Entorno
Brazil Rios Negro e Aquidauana

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland major resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Swamp suitable resident
Savanna Dry suitable resident
Savanna Moist suitable resident
Altitude 0 - 800 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Utilisation
Purpose Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/nanday-parakeet-aratinga-nenday on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.