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Think twice before you buy: Grey Parrot Guide to birds in trade in Singapore (Psittacus erithacus) Severe population declines in its range of White-rumped Shama West and Central Africa due to trapping for Common Hill Myna (Copsychus malabaricus) Greater Green Leafbird (Gracula religiosa) trade have earned the species the highest level of protection, meaning wild-caught (Chloropsis sonnerati) This native species is protected in birds are banned from trade worldwide This native species is protected in Singapore, making it illegal to catch (a CITES Appendix I listed species). Native and protected in Singapore, Singapore, making it illegal to catch them locally and sell them. There is While some of these birds are from captive the high demand for trade has them locally and sell them. Further, no way to ensure that the birds for sources, many are still trapped from the caused wild population declines there is no way to ensure that the sale were sourced legally (i.e. from wild. Without clear documented evidence a across the region. Buying the birds for sale were sourced legally other countries), so avoid buying. bird was legally captive-bred, avoid buying. species contributes to their (i.e. from other countries), so avoid Also recorded in seizures across the continued decline in the wild. buying. world. Munia species/ sparrows/ seed-eaters (several Oriental White-eye Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus) Oriental Magpie-robin species) (Zosterops palpebrosus) (Copsychus saularis) Popular for the purpose of merit Once found in Singapore, this species With no recent records of imports into Singapore, birds of this This native species was hunted to release, a problematic practice has since gone extinct locally due to near extinction in Singapore for the because it introduces diseases trade. Neighbouring Indonesia and species for sale have not been imported legally; it is a species bird trade. Reintroductions in the into wild bird populations and Malaysia now supplies Singapore’s 1980s have enabled slow recovery introduces feral non-native demand for the species, where they that has been recorded in seizures in other countries.You of local populations. Avoid buying, species into the wild. Avoid are hunted in large numbers. Our you can observe wild ones easily! purchasing birds for the surveys found birds from Malaysia will require a licence for legal purpose of mercy release for it being sold in Singaporean markets. import of this species. is no mercy to these birds or Avoid buying to prevent unsustainable ones in the wild at all! trade. BIRD TRADE IN SINGAPORE Birds to avoid buying in Singapore Grey Parrot Oriental White-eye (Psittacus erithacus) (Zosterops palpebrosus) Munia species/ sparrows/ seed-eaters Severe population declines in its Once found in Singapore, this limited range of West and Central species has since gone extinct Popular for the purpose of Africa due to trapping for trade have locally due to trade. Neighbouring merit release, a problematic earned the species the highest level Indonesia and Malaysia now practice because it introduces of protection, meaning wild-caught fuels Singapore’s demand of the diseases into wild bird birds are banned from trade species, where they are hunted in populations and introduces worldwide (a CITES Appendix I listed large numbers. Our surveys also feral non-native species into species). While some of these birds found birds from Malaysia being the wild. Avoid purchasing birds are from captive sources, many are sold in Singaporean markets. for the purpose of mercy still trapped from the wild. As it is not Avoid buying to prevent release for it is no mercy to always possible to ensure that a bird unsustainable trade. these birds or ones in the wild was legally captive-bred, avoid at all! buying. White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) This native species is protected in Singapore, Chinese Hwamei making it illegal to catch them Common Hill Myna (Garrulax canorus) locally and sell them. There is (Gracula religiosa) no way to ensure that the With no recent records of birds for sale were sourced This native species is imports into Singapore, birds legally (i.e. from other protected in Singapore, of this species for sale have countries), so avoid buying. making it illegal to catch them not been imported legally; it is Also recorded in seizures locally and sell them. Further, a species that has been across the world. there is no way to ensure that recorded in seizures in other the birds for sale were countries. You will require a sourced legally (i.e. from license for legal import of this other countries), so avoid species. buying. Oriental Magpie-robin Greater Green Leafbird (Copsychus saularis) (Chloropsis sonnerati) Native and protected in This native species was hunted to Singapore, the high demand for near extinction in Singapore for trade has caused wild the bird trade. Reintroductions population declines across the in the 1980s have enabled region. Buying the species slow recovery of local contributes to their continued populations. Avoid decline in the wild. buying, you can observe wild ones easily!.
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