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title: "Jandaya Parakeet"
description: "Aratinga jandaya — Birds. The jandaya parakeet (Aratinga jandaya), or jenday conure, is a small Neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to wooded habitats in northeastern Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/jandaya-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jandaya Parakeet

> Aratinga jandaya — Birds. The jandaya parakeet (Aratinga jandaya), or jenday conure, is a small Neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to wooded habitats in northeastern Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Aratinga jandaya*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 749
- Wikidata: [Q1271679](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271679)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19184](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19184)

## Names

- en: Jandaya Parakeet
- de: Jendayasittich
- es: Cotorra jandaya
- fr: Conure jandaya
- nl: Jendayaparkiet
- pt: Jandaia-verdadeira
- pl: Konura ognistobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

BR (503)

## Summary

The jandaya parakeet (Aratinga jandaya), or jenday conure, is a small Neotropical parrot with green wings and tail, reddish-orange body, yellow head and neck, orange cheeks, and black bill, native to wooded habitats in northeastern Brazil. It is a member of the Aratinga solstitialis complex of parakeets very closely related to, and possibly subspecies of the sun conure.
The bird has a wide range, but is locally rare in the wild; they are common in aviculture, where they are known as "jenday conures".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jandaya_parakeet

## Photo

![Jandaya Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jandaya-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: GIANNIZZZERO at English Wikipedia · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aratinga_Jandaya_-in_tree-8.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jandaya-parakeet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).