Large-Scale Trade in a Songbird That Is Extinct in the Wild

Nijman, Vincent; Campera, Marco; Ardiansyah, Ahmad; Balestri, Michela; Bizri, Hani R. El; Budiadi, Budiadi; Dewi, Tungga; Hedger, Katherine; Hendrik, Rifqi; Imron, Muhammad Ali; Langgeng, Abdullah; Morcatty, Thaís Q.; Weldon, Ariana; Nekaris, K.A.I.

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“…Tackling the illegal trade in non-protected and less charismatic animals such as Java's hill partridges is never going to be easy. 1,2,[5][6][7][8][9] With substantial monetary gains to be made from the illegal wildlife trade, generally low risks of detection and prosecution, and with enforcement efforts spread out over vast geographic areas, this is a daunting task. The many postings of hill partridges on three of the four online platforms as well as on Facebook are in clear violation of their terms and policies.…”

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“…Chng et al 6 ), monitoring of birds offered for sale in markets in one city, either over the course of several months 2 or several years, 7 or monitoring of single species for sale in bird markets over a larger geographical area over several years. 8 Declines of wild bird populations due to overharvesting may be noticeable in the trade (smaller numbers, fewer markets, higher prices, etc.) after decades rather than years.…”

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Analysis of trade in endemic Javan hill partridges over the last quarter of a century period

Nijman

2022

Avian Biology Research

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There is increasing recognition of the impact that wildlife trade has on globally threatened and geographically restricted species. For only a few species do we have long-term datasets on their presence in domestic trade. The Asian Songbird Trade Crisis has highlighted the detrimental role that the cage bird trade has on populations of wild birds (songbirds and others) throughout Asia. Starting in 1994, I have visited bird markets in Java and Bali, Indonesia, recording the presence of chestnut-bellied hill partridges Arborophila javanica (endemic to most of Java apart from the easternmost part) and white-faced hill partridges A. orientalis (endemic to easternmost Java). The data thus collected allowed me to test hypotheses related to rarity, price, and purported population trends. No change in the number of hill partridges in trade was observed over this period. The more widespread chestnut-bellied hill partridge was recorded in higher numbers (mean of 1.7 birds survey−1) than white-faced hill partridges (mean of 0.4 birds survey−1). I monitored their online trade on four bird selling platforms and two dedicated hill partridge Facebook pages. Like the trade in the bird markets, the chestnut-bellied hill partridge was recorded in higher numbers than white-faced hill partridges (106 vs 44 birds). Both species were for sale both within and outside their native ranges (17 cities for chestnut-bellied and 10 cities for white-face hill partridges) suggesting extensive trade networks with birds being transported hundreds of kilometres. Average asking prices were similar for both species (US$31) and were not related to the minimum monthly wage of the cities in which the birds were offered for sale. I estimate that annually 3500 chestnut-bellied hill partridges and 700 white-faced hill partridges are sold in the bird markets on Java and Bali. Despite the absence of a harvest quota, the presence of both species over a 27-year period in numerous bird markets, and over the last decade online, indicated the absence of commitment and political and societal pressures to curb the illegal trade in birds in Indonesia.

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Analysis of trade in endemic Javan hill partridges over the last quarter of a century period

Nijman

2022

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“…Indonesia, a central player in the Asian bird trade [14], is a crucial geographic area of study due to its diverse bird species traded for various human uses, from entertainment to traditional medicine [15,16]. The trade of birds for human entertainment is the major factor driving an increasing number of Asian species to extinction, with species desired for their singing abilities and/or other attractive attributes, such as their colorful plumage [14].…”

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“…Much of this trade in birds, and the research into its scope, scale, and conservation implications, has been centered around songbirds (Passeriformes), which are acknowledged to be under immense pressure from both domestic and regional trade, to a level that the current situation has been described as the 'Asian songbird crisis' [14,17]. An increasing awareness of this crisis and the need to better understand trade dynamics have prompted a series of large-scale market surveys across the Southeast Asian region, and most notably in Indonesia [14][15][16][17][18]. These studies, many of which involve full inventories of all bird taxa found in trade, have revealed that songbirds are just one of many orders of birds that are traded in the Southeast Asian bird markets [19][20][21].…”

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Parrot Trade and the Potential Risk of Psittacosis as a Zoonotic Disease in Indonesian Bird Markets

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Ardiansyah,

Balestri

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Wildlife trade, both legal and illegal, is increasingly recognized as a key factor in the rise of emerging viral infectious diseases, and this is especially apparent in Asia, where large numbers of wildlife are openly offered for sale in bird markets. We here focus on the risk of Psittacosis becoming a zoonotic disease in the wildlife markets of Java and Bali, Indonesia. Psittacosis is particularly prevalent in parrots (hence the name), and the trade in parrots was instrumental in the Great Parrot Fever Pandemic in 1929/1930. Between 2014 and 2023, we conducted 176 surveys of 14 bird markets, during which we recorded 4446 largely wild-caught parrots for sale. On average, each market had nine genera on offer, and the diversity of genera increased with the increasing presence of parrots (up to 16 genera). For most of the bird markets during each survey, parrots from different genera and originating from different parts of the world, were offered for sale alongside each other. Genera offered for sale together did not cluster into natural (geographic) groups. We found no temporal difference in the sale of parrots. We conclude that the omnipresence of wild-caught parrots from various geographic regions in large numbers within the same bird markets increases the risk that psittacosis is present and that this poses a real risk for the zoonotic spread of avian chlamydiosis to humans.

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“…In order to fulfill the needs of bird demand, traders always try to provide birds to buyers. The upwards trend in catching and selling bird species threatens bird population in Asia, with Indonesia as the epicenter of songbird crisis (Nijman et al 2021b). This fact is reasonable as data acquired from Nijman et al (2019) showed approximately tens of thousands of birds caught from the wild were sold in the markets in Java Island each day.…”

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Conservation implication and traditional ecological knowledge on trading bird: A case study in Depok bird market in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

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Abstract. Putri FK, Alicia F, Noven HJ, Sholiqin M, Himawan W, Javarendra RA, Liza N, Partasasmita R, Iskandar J, Naim DM, Setyawan AD. 2021. Conservation implication and traditional ecological knowledge on trading bird: A case study in Depok bird market in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 5636-5647. Bird species have been the most popular animals in Indonesia for such a long time. Therefore, the demand for birds has been rising in urban areas. The bird species are usually traded, including selling and buying activities in urban bird markets. The increase of bird trading in Indonesia also increased Indonesian people's economic and social benefits. Consequently, there is a chance that many bird trading in bird markets are not managed carefully without preventing bird species extinction in rural ecosystems. This paper aimed to assess the conservation status of birds sold and the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of bird traders in Depok bird market in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, Indonesia. The study used a qualitative method with the ethno-ornithological approach. The results showed that the diversity of birds encountered in the bird market of Depok was considered high, 55 species were recorded, representing 29 families. The Indonesian law protects seven bird species while 12 species are considered endemic. Moreover, 8 birds are included in IUCN Red List. The bird naming is based on particular categories agreed on in the local community. Furthermore, social involvement through education and local wisdom might profoundly impact conservation efforts to preserve the bird population.

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Large-Scale Trade in a Songbird That Is Extinct in the Wild

Cited by 14 publications

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Analysis of trade in endemic Javan hill partridges over the last quarter of a century period

Analysis of trade in endemic Javan hill partridges over the last quarter of a century period

Parrot Trade and the Potential Risk of Psittacosis as a Zoonotic Disease in Indonesian Bird Markets

Conservation implication and traditional ecological knowledge on trading bird: A case study in Depok bird market in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

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