Birds in trade in Northern India

List of birds used in trade (North India) Sr. No. Group/ Name of the Bird Order/ Scientific Name Threatened status Used in trade as/ for A V TB ZO R L F L ME BM Grebes Podicipedidae 1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis  Pelicans Pelecanidae 2 Great... More

List of birds used in trade (North India) Sr. No. Group/ Name of the Bird Order/ Scientific Name Threatened status Used in trade as/ for A V TB ZO R L F L ME BM Grebes Podicipedidae 1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis  Pelicans Pelecanidae 2 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus    Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae 3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea   4 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea   5 Great Egret Egretta alba   6 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia   7 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus   8 Indian Pond-heron Ardeola grayii   9 Black-crowned Nightheron Nycticorax nycticorax   Storks Ciconiidae 10 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala    11 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans    12 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus    13 White Stork Ciconia ciconia   14 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus    Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae 15 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Near Threatened    16 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorod Less