About Aratinga jandaya (Gmelin, 1788)
The jandaya parakeet, with the scientific name Aratinga jandaya (Gmelin, 1788), is a small long-tailed parakeet. It has a reddish-orange body, green wings, vent and tail, with blue-tinged tail feather tips. Its head, neck, and shoulders are yellow, its cheeks are orange, it has a black bill, a whitish orbital ring, and dark eyes. This species measures 30 cm (12 in) long and weighs 125–140 gm, and it produces a very loud, shrill call. It has an extremely large range in northeastern Brazil, covering the states of Piauí, Maranhão, Tocantins, and Ceará, as well as parts of Goiás and Pará. It inhabits lowland deciduous woodland and palm groves. In the wild, jandaya parakeets strongly prefer various fruits including mango and cashew apples, along with palm nuts. They are also unfortunately attracted to human-cultivated plants, such as rice, maize, and members of the plant family Annonaceae. Chocolate, caffeine, and a chemical commonly found in avocados are toxic to jandaya parakeets.
