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Status in the Wild

World Population:
Not recorded

Range: Upper Rio Paraguay basin, from Santa Cruz, SE Bolivia and S Mato Grosso, Brazil, through C Paraguay to N Argentina, in Formosa, Chaco, N Santa Fe. Sometimes Misiones and Corrientes. Feral populations occur near Buenos Aires, Argentina, Florida and S California, USA, and Puerto Rico, West Indies.

Habitat:
Occurs in lowlands including moister parts of the eastern chaco, pantanals and cattle rangeland with palms. Up to 800m (2624 ft).

Threat Summary:
Heavily traded in international market (267,246 wild caught birds since 1981), persecuted for crop damage, and may be possibly affected by habitat modification.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Eats Copernicia fruits, cultivated crops.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Sociable, congregates while feeding; often several hundred birds gather while roosting. Seen drinking at waterholes with other species.

Clutch and Egg Size:
3 to 5 ovate eggs, 29.0 x 23.0mm (1.1 x 0.9 in).

Breeding Season:
November in Mato Grosso.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://natureali.org/parrot_project/Parrot_Project.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.nanday.com/

http://natureali.org/parrot_project/black_hooded.htm

http://www.petco.com/caresheets/bird/Conure_Nanday.pdf#search=%22Nanday%20conure%20%22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-hooded_Parakeet