International parrot trade

The international trade in parrots is a lucrative enterprise, and forms an important part of the international wildlife trade. As parrots have become increasingly endangered, many countries have placed restrictions on the trade and/or prohibited the trade altogether. Despite the restriction on trade in many countries however, the market still operates both legally and illegally. A big factor that attempts to keep the control in international trade is CITES. The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora was established in 1975, and consists of 184 parties which includes 183 countries along with the European Union. CITES offers three different degrees of protection for around 38,000 species around the world.^[1]

Approximately 2,600 of the more than 9,600 bird species in existence are subject to trade,^[2]^: 3 and 20% of these species belong to the order Psittaciformes (parrots).^[2]^: 3 In 2009, 3.9% of households in the United States owned birds, which equated to 11,199,000 pet birds in total,^[3] and 75% of these belonged to the Psittaciforme order.^[3]^: 77

^ Romero-Vidal, Pedro; Carrete, Martina; Hiraldo, Fernando; Blanco, Guillermo; Tella, José L. (January 2022). "Confounding Rules Can Hinder Conservation: Disparities in Law Regulation on Domestic and International Parrot Trade within and among Neotropical Countries". Animals. 12 (10): 1244. doi:10.3390/ani12101244. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 9137931. PMID 35625090.
^ ^a ^b FAO. 2011. Trade in Wild Birds and Related Bird Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean Animal Production and Health Paper No. 166. Rome.
^ ^a ^b Weston, M.K.; Memon, M.A. (2009). "The Illegal Parrot Trade in Latin America and its Consequences to Parrot Nutrition, Health and Conservation" (PDF). Bird Populations. 9. The Institute for Bird Populations: 76–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-21.

[:2-1] Romero-Vidal, Pedro; Carrete, Martina; Hiraldo, Fernando; Blanco, Guillermo; Tella, José L. (January 2022). "Confounding Rules Can Hinder Conservation: Disparities in Law Regulation on Domestic and International Parrot Trade within and among Neotropical Countries". Animals. 12 (10): 1244. doi:10.3390/ani12101244. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 9137931. PMID 35625090.

[Latin-2] FAO. 2011. Trade in Wild Birds and Related Bird Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean Animal Production and Health Paper No. 166. Rome.

[Weston-3] Weston, M.K.; Memon, M.A. (2009). "The Illegal Parrot Trade in Latin America and its Consequences to Parrot Nutrition, Health and Conservation" (PDF). Bird Populations. 9. The Institute for Bird Populations: 76–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-21.

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