Abstract

HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, Fernando R.  and  ALONSO TORRENS, Yatsunaris. Illegal capture and trade of wild birds in the town "Finca Pedregal Dagame" Artemisa municipality, Artemisa province. Rev CFORES [online]. 2023, vol.11, n.3  Epub Sep 09, 2023. ISSN 2310-3469.

The research was carried out in the municipality of Artemisa, province of Artemisa in the town "Finca Pedregal Dagame" with the objective of evaluating the behavior of the illegal capture and trade of wild birds in said place, in the period between October 2020 and January 2021. To this end, a survey was applied to 21 people who are dedicated to poaching and illegal trade in wild birds for various purposes, identifying a total of ten species belonging to three orders and seven families. Social, economic and environmental indicators were evaluated, with the majority of respondents being pre -university. It was proven that 70 % of the species are used as pets and for sale, 20 % are used for pets, for sale and other functions, while 10 % are used for sale and other functions; As for the sales prices, they range from 10 to 400 pesos in national currency, with the most commercially in demand being Passerina ciris , Passerina caerulea and Pheucticus lidovicianus. Of the bird species identified for illegal trade, 50 % are permanent residents (PR), 40 % are winter residents (RI) and 10% are bimodal residents (RB) and according to their degree of threat, five species are least concern (LC) and vulnerable (V).

Keywords : poaching; illegal trade; wild birds.

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