Table 2. The number of identified and unidentified avian taxa used for traditional medicine between 25 African countries.
Sold in markets (7 countries) | Not recorded in markets (18 countries) | Total taxa (25 countries) | |
Taxa identified to species | 306a | 49 | 354 |
Taxa identified as far as genus | 16 | 2 | 18 |
Taxa identified as far as family | 25 | 2 | 27 |
Total taxa | 347 | 53 | 399 |
288 species after the exclusion of PALs and exotics.