Answer · for Everyone, Journalists

Which wildlife is seized most often?

Parrots & songbirds lead the public record with 264 cases, then turtles & tortoises (210) and elephant (ivory) (198).

264 cases involving parrots & songbirds

Parrots & songbirds264
Turtles & tortoises210
Elephant (ivory)198
Pangolin197
Rosewood & timber82
Primates75

Who answers

Public reports (WildTrace) 194 official, 315 corroborated, 1,391 single report

What the number cannot tell you

Cases count reporting, not trafficking volume: well-covered species and countries look bigger.

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Rebuilt daily from the WildTrace data. Cite: Verma, T. K. (2026). WildTrace: the open atlas of illegal wildlife trade. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22902819