 Jandaya is a member of the "Aratinga solstitialis" complex of parakeets very closely related to, and possibly subspecies of, the sun parakeet in genus "Aratinga" of smaller parakeets, one of numerous genera of New World, long-tailed parrots in tribe Arini, which also includes the Central and South American macaws.Tribe Arini together with the Amazonian parrots and a few miscellaneous generals make up subfamily Arinae of Neotropical parrots in family Psittacidae of true parrots.Ornithologist Thomas Arndt lists this bird as a subspecies of golden-capped parakeet.