[NANDAY PARAKEET]

Aratinga nenday

Status:  No accepted records.

Taxonomy:  No subspecies are recognized in its native South American range (AviList 2025).

Comments: A pair with bands, considered to be obvious escapes, were seen flying around a sunflower patch at a Lincoln, Lancaster Co golf course 22-23 Sep 1990 (Thomas Labedz, personal communication).

Caged birds have been released in some areas of the US where self-sustaining populations have established; these are Los Angeles, California; San Antonio, Texas; and several areas of Florida including St. Petersburg, Pasco County; St. Augustine, Manatee County; Broward County, and Miami-Dade County (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanday_parakeet, accessed Nov 2023).

Literature Cited

AviList Core Team, 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2025 Nanday Parakeet (Aratinga nenday). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 16 Jul 2025