Finches in the CITES Appendices
(FACT SHEET #58)

CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora

compiled by Robert G. Black

Finches in CITES Appendix I

"Includes all species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade."

• Carduelis cucullata – Red Siskin

Finches in CITES Appendix II

"Includes all species which although not necessarily currently threatened with extinction may become so unless trade is subject to strict regulation."

• Amandava formosa – Green Avadavat
• Carduelis yarrellii – Yellow-faced Siskin
• Gubernatrix cristata – Yellow Cardinal, Green Cardinal
• Padda oryzivora – Java Rice Bird, Java Sparrow
• Paroaria capitata – Yellow-billed Cardinal
• Paroaria coronata – Red-crested Cardinal
• Poephila cincta cincta – Southern Black-throated Finch, Parson Finch

Finches in CITES Appendix III

"All species which any Party identifies as being subject to regulation within its jurisdiction for the purpose of preventing or restricting exploitation. The cooperation of other Parties, is therefore, needed."

• Amadina fasciata – Cutthroat Finch, Ribbon Finch
• Amandava subflava – Orange-breasted or Gold-breasted Waxbill
• Amblyospiza albifrons – Grosbeak Weaver, Thick-billed Weaver
• Anaplectes rubriceps – Red-headed Weaver
• Anomalospiza imberbis – Parasitic Weaver, Cuckoo Weaver
• Bubalornis albirostris – White-billed Buffalo Weaver
• Estrilda astrild – Saint Helena Waxbill, Common Waxbill
• Estrilda caerulescens – Lavender Firefinch, Lavender Waxbill
• Estrilda melpoda – Orange-cheeked Waxbill
• Estrilda troglodytes – Red-eared Waxbill, Black-rumped Waxbill
• Euplectes afer – Golden Bishop, Napoleon Weaver
• Euplectes ardens – Red-collared Widowbird or Red-collared Whydah
• Euplectes franciscanus – Orange Weaver, Orange Bishop
• Euplectes hordeaceus – Black-winged Bishop, Fire-crowned Bishop
• Euplectes macrourus – Yellow-mantled Whydah, Yellow-backed Whydah
• Lagonosticta rara – Black-bellied Firefinch, Black-bellied Waxbill
• Lagonosticta rubricata – African Firefinch, Blue-billed Firefinch
• Lagonosticta rufopicta – Bar-breasted Firefinch, Bar-breasted Waxbill
• Lagonosticta senegala – Senegal Firefinch, Red-billed Firefinch
• Lagonosticta vinacea – Vinaceous Firefinch, Vinaceous Waxbill
• Lonchura bicolor – Black-and-white Munia, Black-and-white Mannikin
• Lonchura cantans – African Silverbill
• Lonchura cucullata – Bronze-winged Mannikin, Bronze Mannikin
• Lonchura fringilloides – Magpie Mannikin, Pied Mannikin
• Malimbus cassini – Black-throated Malimbe, Cassin’s Malimbe
• Malimbus malimbicus – Crested Malimbe
• Malimbus nitens – Gray’s Malimbe, Blue-billed Malimbe
• Malimbus rubricollis – Red-headed Malimbe, Red-headed Weaver
• Malimbus scutatus – Red-vented Malimbe
• Mandingoa nitidula – Green-backed Twinspot, Green Twinspot
• Nesocharis capistrata – Gray-headed Olive-back, White-cheeked Olive Weaver
• Nigrita bicolor – Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
• Nigrita canicapilla – Gray-crowned Negrofinch, Gray-headed Negrofinch
• Nigrita fusconota – White-breasted Negrofinch
• Nigrita luteifrons – Pale-fronted Negrofinch
• Ortygospiza atricollis – African Quailfinch
• Pachyphantes superciliosus – Compact Weaver
• Parmoptila rubrifrons – Red-fronted Antpecker, Jameson’s Antpecker
• Passer griseus – Gray-headed Sparrow
• Petronia dentata – Bush Sparrow, Bush Petronia
• Pholidornis rushiae – Tit-hylia
• Plocepasser superciliosus – Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
• Ploceus albinucha – White-naped Weaver, Maxwell’s Black Weaver
• Ploceus aurantius – Orange Weaver
• Ploceus cucullatus – Village Weaver, Spot-backed Weaver
• Ploceus heuglini – Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver
• Ploceus luteolus – Little Weaver
• Ploceus melanocephalus – Black-headed Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver
• Ploceus nigerrimus – Vieillot’s Black Weaver
• Ploceus nigricollis – Black-necked Weaver
• Ploceus pelzelni – Slender-billed Weaver
• Ploceus preussi – Preuss’s Weaver, Yellow-capped or Golden-backed Weaver
• Ploceus tricolor – Yellow-mantled Weaver
• Ploceus vitellinus – Vitelline Masked-Weaver
• Pyrenestes ostrinus – Black-bellied Seedcracker
• Pytilia hypogrammica – Red-faced Pytilia, Yellow-winged Pytilia
• Pytilia phoenicoptera – Aurora Finch, Crimson-winged or Red-winged Pytilia
• Quelea erythrops – Red-headed Quelea, Red-headed Dioch
• Serinus canicapillus – West African Seedeater
• Serinus leucopygius – White-rumped Seedeater, Gray Singing Finch
• Serinus mozambicus – Yellow-fronted Canary, Green Singing Finch
• Spermophaga haematina – Western Bluebill, Blue-billed Weaver
• Sporopipes frontalis – Speckle-fronted Weaver, Scaly-fronted Weaver
• Uraeginthus bengalus – Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Cordonbleu
• Vidua chalybeata – Green or Village Indigobird, Senegal Combassou
• Vidua interjecta – Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah
• Vidua larvaticola – Baka Indigobird
• Vidua macroura – Pin-tailed Whydah
• Vidua orientalis – Northern Paradise-Whydah
• Vidua raricola – Jambandu Indigobird
• Vidua togoensis – Togo Paradise-Whydah
• Vidua wilsoni – Pale-winged Indigobird, Wilson’s Indigobird

Note 1: Most of the finches in Appendix III were listed by Ghana and include some of the commonest birds in Africa. As Ghana was completely within its rights under the Convention to list these birds that are native to its own habitats, other nations are required under the Convention to support the restriction in trade in these species. These birds were listed in 1976, and a quarter of a century of reflection on the damage Ghana has done to the legitimate conservation aims of the Convention has not resulted in the removal of a single finch from this Appendix. In considering that it took our own United States Government over a century to repeal a telephone tax that was passed to finance the Spanish-American war, it is highly unlikely that Ghana will ever remove any of the species it has placed on this listing.

Note 2: The Red-eared Firetail, Emblema oculata, found in Australia, was placed on Appendix II in 1979, but was deleted from the listing in 1987.

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Compiled by

Robert G. Black
P. O. Box 481
Keno, OR 97627-0481

 

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