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Table 2 List of wild bird species used in commerce and as pets in the municipality of Lagoa Seca, Paraíba, Brazil, including taxonomy, common name, number of mentions by use modality, use value (UV), and conservation status

From: Understanding the motivations for keeping wild birds in the semi-arid region of Brazil

Taxonomy

Common name

Citations by use modality

UV

Conservation status

Creation

Trade

IUCN

MMA

Order/family/species

Passeriformes

 Thraupidae

  Sporophila lineola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lined Seedeater

18

16

0.54

LC

LC

  Sporophila nigricollis (Vieillot, 1823)

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

28

21

0.79

LC

LC

  Sporophila ardesiaca (Dubois, 1894)

Dubois’s Seedeater

2

2

0.06

LC

LC

  Sporophila albogularis (von Spix, 1825)

White-throated Seedeater

30

22

0.83

LC

LC

  Sicalis luteola (Sparrman, 1789)

Grassland Yellow-finch

4

3

0.11

LC

LC

  Volatinia jacarina (Linnaeus, 1766)

Blue-black Grassquit

7

6

0.20

LC

LC

  Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766)

Saffron Finch

16

10

0.41

LC

LC

  Tangara cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

Burnished-buff Tanager

5

5

0.16

LC

LC

  Tangara palmarum (Wied, 1821)

Palm Tanager

4

4

0.12

LC

LC

  Tangara sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Sayaca Tanager

20

17

0.59

LC

LC

  Paroaria dominicana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red-cowled Cardinal

27

24

0.82

LC

LC

  Sporophila angolensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

1

1

0.03

LC

LC

  Sporophila bouvreuil (Statius Müller, 1776)

Copper Seedeater

4

0

0.06

LC

LC

  Coryphospingus pileatus (Wied, 1821)

Pileated Finch

3

1

0.06

LC

LC

  Saltator similis d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Green-winged Saltator

2

2

0.06

LC

LC

  Sporophila leucoptera (Vieillot, 1817)

White-bellied Seedeater

1

1

0.03

LC

LC

  Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bananaquit

1

1

0.03

LC

LC

 Icteridae

  Icterus pyrrhopterus (Vieillot, 1819)

Variable Oriole

4

2

0.09

LC

LC

  Icterus jamacaii (Gmelin, 1788)

Campo Troupial

5

4

0.14

LC

LC

  Gnorimopsar chopi (Vieillot, 1819)

Chopi Blackbird

2

2

0.06

LC

LC

  Chrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819)

Chestnut-capped Blackbird

1

0

0.01

LC

LC

 Fringillidae

  Spinus yarrellii (Audubon, 1839)

Yellow-faced Siskin

7

6

0.21

VU

VU

  Euphonia chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Purple-throated Euphonia

3

1

0.06

LC

LC

 Turdidae

  Turdus rufiventris Vieillot, 1818

Rufous-bellied Thrush

15

14

0.46

LC

LC

  Turdus amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1850

Creamy-bellied Thrush

1

1

0.03

LC

LC

  Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818

Pale-breasted Thrush

14

12

0.41

LC

LC

 Mimidae

  Mimus saturninus (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

4

4

0.12

LC

LC

 Cardinalidae

  Cyanoloxia brissonii (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Ultramarine Grosbeak

23

22

0.72

LC

LC

 Passerelidae

  Zonotrichia capensis (Statius Muller, 1776)

Rufous-collared Sparrow

26

21

0.75

LC

LC

 Corvidae

  Cyanocorax cyanopogon (Wied, 1821)

White-naped Jay

1

1

0.03

LC

LC

 Tyrannidae

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Great Kiskadee

2

2

0.06

LC

LC

 Estrildidae

  Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Waxbill

2

1

0.04

LC

LC

Psittaciformes

 Psittacidae

  Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820)

Cactus Parakeet

2

1

0.04

LC

LC

  Amazona aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

1

1

0.03

LC

LC