page_title: International parrot trade
section_title: Trade in the United States
hierarchical_section_title: International parrot trade / Trade in the United States
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Parrot Trade Data
context_page_description: The international trade in parrots is a lucrative enterprise, and forms an important part of the international wildlife trade. As parrots have become increasingly endangered, many countries have placed restrictions on the trade and/or prohibited the trade altogether. Despite the restriction on trade in many countries however, the market still operates both legally and illegally.
  Approximately 2,600 of the more than 9,600 bird species in existence are subject to trade, and 20% of these species belong to the order Psittaciformes. In 2009, 3.9% of households in the United States owned birds, which equated to 11,199,000 pet birds in total, and 75% of these belonged to the Psittaciforme order.
caption: United States parrot trade[7]
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