Jandaia

History

The history of Jandaia is related to the cult of Our Lady of Abadia and Santa Luzia. In 1927 a rancher, Bernardino Vivaldo dos Santos, who had bought lands in the region, donated land for the building of a chapel. More land was bought and houses appeared around the chapel. The settlement was called Água Limpa and it became a district in 1935. With the construction of the new highway, Goiânia to Rio Verde, the region began to develop. The name was changed to Jandaia, a type of parrot found in the region, and in 1953 it became a municipality, separating from Palmeiras de Goiás.

Most-observed species

• giant anteater

  Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  7
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  3
• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3
• Chopi Blackbird

  Gnorimopsar chopi (Vieillot, 1819) · Aves
  3
• Toco Toucan

  Ramphastos toco P.L.S.Müller, 1776 · Aves
  2
• peach-fronted conure

  Aratinga aurea (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  2
• Red-shouldered Macaw

  Diopsittaca nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2
• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

  Brotogeris chiriri (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  2