Table 2 Bird species kept by bird-keepers interviewed (n = 78) in the city of Santana dos Garrotes, Paraíba, Brazil, including the number of specimens (N) and use by local people

TINAMIDAE Gray, 1840

Nothura boraquira (Spix, 1825)

White-bellied Nothura

10

(P),(C),(F)

[Cordiniz]

ANATIDAE Leach, 1820

Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766)

White-faced Whistling-Duck

16

(P),(C),(F)

[Marreca]

Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1789)

Brazilian Teal

03

(P)

[Paturí]

CARIAMIDAE Bonaparte, 1850

Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red-legged Seriema

02

(P)

[Seriema]

COLUMBIDAE Leach, 1820

Columbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

03

(P)

[Rolinha-cafifa]

Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1811)

Ruddy Ground Dove

14

(P),(F)

[Rolinha-caldo-de-feijão]

Columbina squammata (Lesson, 1831)

Scaled Dove

14

(P)

[Rolinha-cascavel]

Columbina picui (Temminck, 1813)

Picui Ground Dove

07

(P)

[Rolinha-branca]

Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813)

Picazuro Pigeon

02

(P)

[Asa-branca]

Zenaida auriculata (Des Murs, 1847)

Eared Dove

12

(P),(C),(F)

[Ribaçã]

Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855

White-tipped Dove

06

(P)

[Juriti]

PSITTACIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Aratinga cactorum (Kuhl, 1820)****

Cactus Parakeet

49

(P),(C)

[Ganguirro]

Forpus xanthopterygius (Spix, 1824)

Blue-winged Parrotlet

13

(P)

[Papacú]

Amazona aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turquoise-fronted Parrot

13

(P),(C)

[Papagaio]

CORVIDAE Leach, 1820

Cyanocorax cyanopogon (Wied, 1821)***

White-naped Jay

07

(P),(C)

[Cancão]

TURDIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Turdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818

Rufous-bellied Thrush

06

(P)

[Sabiá-laranja]

Turdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1850

Creamy-bellied Thrush

03

(P)

[Sabiá-branca]

COEREBIDAE d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838

Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bananaquit

01

(P)

[Sibito]

THRAUPIDAE Cabanis, 1847

Saltator similis d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Green-winged Saltator

02

(P)

[Trinca-ferro]

Lanio pileatus (Wied, 1821)

Pileated Finch

05

(P)

[Maria-fita]

Tangara sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Sayaca Tanager

05

(P)

[Azulão-de-rua]

Paroaria dominicana (Linnaeus, 1758)****

Red-cowled Cardinal

79

(P),(C)

[Galo-de-Campina]

EMBERIZIDAE Vigors, 1825

Zonotrichia capensis (Statius Muller, 1776)

Rufous-collared Sparrow

05

(P),(C)

[Capa-bode]

Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766)

Saffron Finch

29

(P),(C)

[Canário-da-terra]

Sicalis luteola (Sparrman, 1789)

Grassland Yellow-Finch

04

(P)

[Canário-de-lote]

Volatinia jacarina (Linnaeus, 1766)

Blue-black Grassquit

04

(P),(C)

[Tizil]

Sporophila lineola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Linned Seedeater

36

(P),(C)

[Bigodinho]

Sporophila nigricollis (Vieillot, 1823)

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

27

(P),(C)

[Mistriz]

Sporophila albogularis (Spix, 1825)****

White-throated Seedeater

67

(P),(C)

[Golado]

Sporophila leucoptera (Vieillot, 1817)

White-bellied Seedeater

03

(P)

[Chorão]

Sporophila bouvreuil (Statius Muller, 1776)

Cooper Seedeater

10

(P),(C)

[Caboclinho]

CARDINALIDAE Ridgway, 1901

Cyanoloxia brissonii (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Ultramarine Grosbeak

06

(P)

[Azulão-da-mata]

ICTERIDAE Vigors, 1825

Procacicus solitarius (Vieillot, 1816)

Solitary Black Cacique

03

(P)

[Bico-de-osso]

Icterus pyrrhopterus (Vieillot, 1819)

Variable Oriole

14

(P),(C)

[Xexeu]

Icterus jamacaii (Gmelin, 1788)***

Campo Troupial

14

(P),(C)

[Chofreu]

Gnorimopsar chopi (Vieillot, 1819)

Chopi Blackbird

07

(P),(C)

[Craum]

Chrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819)

Chestnut-capped Blackbird

05

(P),(C)

[Pardal-do-papo-roxo]

Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1789)

Shiny Cowbird

12

(P),(C)

[Pardal-preto]

FRINGILLIDAE Leach, 1820

(P)

Sporagra yarrellii (Audubon, 1839)**

Yellow-faced Siskin

02

(P)

[Pintasilgo]

Euphonia chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Purple-throated Euphonia

01

(P)

[Vivim]

TOTAL

521