Wild Bird Trade News

Indonesia confiscated some 200 pet cockatoos. What happened to them?

Nadine Freischlad 4 Jan 2019

A Spix’s macaw at São Paulo Zoo in Brazil. The species’ return to its native habitat, from which it was declared extinct, has been bittersweet: the rewilding program has been a technical success, but bureaucratic wrangling threatens to stall future releases. Image courtesy of São Paulo Zoo. Used in article 'Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk'.

Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk

Bernardo Araujo 16 Jul 2024

Spix’s macaws in a specially built enclosure at São Paulo Zoo in Brazil. The zoo currently holds 27 of the birds, with a maximum capacity of 44. But this on its own wouldn’t be enough to supply the rewilding target of 20 birds per year. Image courtesy of São Paulo Zoo. Used in article 'For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty'

For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty

Bernardo Araujo 15 Jul 2024

A chattering lory (Lorius garrulus).

Maluku farmer turns guardian of eastern Indonesia’s threatened parrots

Mahmud Ichi 27 Feb 2024

Spix’s macaw

EU’s legal loophole feeds gray market for world’s rarest parrot

Brendan Borrell 17 Jan 2024

A Luzon tarictic hornbill.

Online trade in Philippine hornbills threatens birds and forests

Jhesset O. Enano 29 Aug 2023

A scaly-breasted munia in Natore, Bangladesh.

A thriving online market for wild birds emerges in Bangladesh

Maksuda Aziz 29 Aug 2023

A red-breasted parakeet.

When it rains, it pours: Bangladesh wildlife trade booms during monsoon

Mahadi Al Hasnat 21 Aug 2023

A rescued falcon, likely a peregrine

Falcon trafficking soars in Middle East, fueled by conflict and poverty

Lyse Mauvais 10 Aug 2023

Trapping holds back speed of bird recovery in a Sumatran forest, study shows

Basten Gokkon 11 May 2023

Big data monitoring tool aims to catch up to Indonesia’s booming online bird trade

Basten Gokkon 16 Sep 2022

An American black vulture in Nepal.

Sighting of an American black vulture in Nepal causes a flutter

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Jul 2022

A pink-headed fruit dove.

‘It’s just a bird’: Online platforms selling lesser-known Indonesian species

Sean Mowbray 17 May 2022

Photos: Caged orangutan found in Indonesian politician’s home

Ayat S. Karokaro, Sri Wahyuni 7 Feb 2022

Want a wild bird on the hush-hush in Singapore? There’s a Facebook group for that

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 20 Dec 2021

Police bust 2 men selling hornbills on Indonesian Facebook

Ahmad Supardi 10 Nov 2021

Hornbill

Malaysian hornbill bust reveals live trafficking trend in Southeast Asia

Carolyn Cowan 29 Sep 2021

CSI, but for parrots: Study applies criminological tool CRAAVED to wildlife trade

Grace Dungey, Nick Rodway 7 Jun 2021

Songbird trade in Indonesia threatens wild Sunda laughingthrush

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2020

Trafficking of thousands of songbirds highlights rampant trade in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Jul 2020

Indonesian officials foil attempt to smuggle hornbill casques to Hong Kong

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2019

La Mosquitia: Dangerous territory for scarlet macaws in Honduras

Jennifer Ávila 1 Jul 2019

Indonesia confiscated some 200 pet cockatoos. What happened to them?

Nadine Freischlad 4 Jan 2019

Is captive breeding the answer to Indonesia’s songbird crisis?

Nadine Freischlad 25 Dec 2018

Conservation officers forced online in fight against bird trafficking

Ian Morse 20 Dec 2018

Scarlet macaws stalked by wildlife traffickers in Guatemala

Rodrigo Soberanes 20 Dec 2018

In eastern Indonesia, a bird-trafficking hotspot flies under the radar

Ian Morse 11 Dec 2018

Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018

One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Group helps illegal bird traders transition into different lines of business

Nadine Freischlad 3 Dec 2018

Protection flip-flop leaves rare Indonesian shrikethrush in harm’s way

Petrus Riski, Rahmadi Rahmad, Themmy Doaly 7 Nov 2018

5 bird species lose protections, more at risk in new Indonesia decree

Basten Gokkon 17 Oct 2018

One-two punch of habitat loss, capture hammers Southeast Asian birds

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2018

In a Colombian sanctuary, once-trafficked birds fly again

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 11 Oct 2018

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