Aratinga vorohuensis

{{Short description|Extinct species of bird}}

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| fossil_range = Late Pliocene (Uquian)
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| genus = Aratinga

| species = vorohuensis

| authority = (Tonni & Noriega 1996)

| synonyms = Nandayus vorohuensis

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Aratinga vorohuensis is a prehistoric relative of the nanday parakeet described from Late Pliocene fossils found in, and named after, the Vorohué Formation of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.{{cite journal |author=Eduardo P. Tonni & Jorge I. Noriega |year=1996 |title=Una nueva especie de Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854 (Aves: Psittaciformes) del Pliocene tardío de Argentina |language=Spanish |trans-title=A new species of Nandayus Bonaparte (Aves: Psittaciformes) from the Late Pliocene of Argentina |journal=Revista Chilena de Historia Natural |volume=69 |pages=97–104 |url=http://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1996/1/Tonni_&_Noriega_1996.pdf }}

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