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Table 1 List of wild birds used for trade and as pets in the research area, including the scientific and popular names of each species, number of citations per use, use value (UV), and conservation status

From: Illegal trade of songbirds: an analysis of the activity in an area of northeast Brazil

Taxonomic categories (order/family/species)

Popular name

Citations per type of use

UV

Conservation status

Breeding

Trade

IUCN

MMA

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

Volatinic 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 Muller, 1776)

Copper seedeater

4

0

0.06

LC

LC

Coryphospingus pileatus (Wied, 1821)

Grey 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

 Fringilidae

Spinus yarrellii (Audubon, 1839)

Yellow-faced siskin

7

6

0.21

VU

VU B2ab(v)

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

 Psitacidae

Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820)

Caatinga parakeet

2

1

0.04

LC

LC

Amazona aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turquoise-fronted amazon

1

1

0.03

LC

LC