diff --git a/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow.pxd b/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow.pxd
index 455d11d39e84..3e0c64eead41 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow.pxd
+++ b/python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow.pxd
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ cdef extern from "arrow/api.h" namespace "arrow" nogil:
 
     c_bool is_primitive(Type type)
     c_bool is_numeric(Type type)
+    c_bool is_nested(Type type)
 
     cdef cppclass CArrayStatistics" arrow::ArrayStatistics":
         optional[CArrayStatisticsCountType] null_count
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/types.pxi b/python/pyarrow/types.pxi
index f9530a34362f..4f1bb0f652b5 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/types.pxi
+++ b/python/pyarrow/types.pxi
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ def _is_primitive(Type type):
     return is_primitive(type)
 
 
+def _is_nested(Type type):
+    # This is simply a redirect, the official API is in pyarrow.types.
+    return is_nested(type)
+
+
 def _get_pandas_type(arrow_type, coerce_to_ns=False):
     cdef Type type_id = arrow_type.id
     cdef dict pandas_type_map = _get_pandas_type_map()
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/types.py b/python/pyarrow/types.py
index 859bcd21abff..d2efe5d3da0c 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/types.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/types.py
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@
                     lib.Type_DURATION} | _TIME_TYPES | _DATE_TYPES |
                    _INTERVAL_TYPES)
 _UNION_TYPES = {lib.Type_SPARSE_UNION, lib.Type_DENSE_UNION}
-_NESTED_TYPES = {lib.Type_LIST, lib.Type_FIXED_SIZE_LIST, lib.Type_LARGE_LIST,
-                 lib.Type_LIST_VIEW, lib.Type_LARGE_LIST_VIEW,
-                 lib.Type_STRUCT, lib.Type_MAP,
-                 lib.Type_RUN_END_ENCODED} | _UNION_TYPES
 
 
 class TypesEnum(IntEnum):
@@ -257,7 +253,7 @@ def is_union(t):
 
 @doc(is_null, datatype="nested type")
 def is_nested(t):
-    return t.id in _NESTED_TYPES
+    return lib._is_nested(t.id)
 
 
 @doc(is_null, datatype="run-end encoded")