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title: "Nanday Parakeet"
description: "Aratinga nenday — Birds. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/nanday-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nanday Parakeet

> Aratinga nenday — Birds. 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.

- Scientific name: *Aratinga nenday*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `zoo` (Zoo & pets)
- iNaturalist observations: 6270
- Wikidata: [Q27074973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074973)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367562](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367562)

## Names

- en: Nanday Parakeet
- de: Nandaysittich
- es: Ñanday
- fr: Conure nanday
- it: Aratinga nanday
- nl: Nandayparkiet
- pt: Periquito-de-cabeça-preta / periquito-nandaí
- pl: Konura czarnogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (3649), AR (1675), BR (507), ES (98), PY (49), BO (3), UY (3)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dan Horowitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127178818

## Machine access

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