Nandayus nenday
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The nanday parakeet (Aratinga nenday), also known as the black-hooded parakeet or nanday conure, is a medium-small, mostly green, Neotropical parrot native to continental South America. The nanday parakeet was previously regarded as a member of the monotypic genus Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854 one of the rough 16 genera of Neotropical parrots of tribe Arini which includes the conures and macaws. However, phylogenetic evidence showed that it is positioned in one of the four groups in the genus Aratinga. When the genus Aratinga was revised and split in four separate genera, this species was included in the current genus Aratinga. This revision was based on earlier studies. According to a mtDNA-based phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aratinga by Ribas & Miyaki (2004), the nanday conure forms a monophyletic group with the sun conure (A. solstitialis), jenday conure (A. jandaya), and golden-capped conure (A. auricapilla). Tavares et al. (2005) in a mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis of 29 species representing 25 of 30 genera of Neotropical parrots found the nanday conure's closest relative to be Aratinga solstitialis, the sun conure, and the time of divergence of the species... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Zoobotánico Jerez | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Parque Zoológico de León - Zooleón | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | São Paulo Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Kyiv Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 6 | Zoológico de Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Ljubljana Zoo | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 8 | Krakow Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Zoo Americana / Parque Ecológico Municipal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 12 | UMA "El Palapo" | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Reptile Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Alameda Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Gran Acuario de Mazatlán "Mar de Cortés" | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 17 | Parque Loro Sexi | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Exotarium Sosnowiec | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 19 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 20 | Bird Park | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 21 | Hill City AquaZoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Seaside Seabird Sanctuary | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Nanday Parakeet sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 7,617 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Nanday Parakeet in Buenos Aires on a given day, against about 30% in February, the lowest month. That is one of Buenos Aires's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 130 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nanday Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Nanday Parakeet sightings, Buenos Aires has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Asuncion (Paraguay, about 20%) and Miami (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Nanday Parakeet that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Monk Parakeet (about 80%), White-eyed Parakeet (about 30%) and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nanday Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (7,617 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
