The surprised citizen did not have permission to mobilize and commercialize these species.

The Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira continues to join forces with the public force to combat the illegal trafficking of wildlife. On this occasion, in conjunction with the National Police in a registration and control operation at km 62+ 400 on the Riohacha - Maicao national road, they seized 34 individuals of the bird species sinote or palguarata (Mimic gilvus), the surprised citizen did not have a mobilization pass issued by the environmental authority.

The mockingbird, It is a species of bird that is characterized by being a small animal; adults measure 25 cm and weigh 54 g, his head and upper parts are gray, they have yellow eyes, a white eye patch and dark stripes across the eye. The underparts are whitish and the wings are blackish, with two white stripes on the wings and white edges on the flight feathers. They have a long dark tail, with the tips of white feathers, a slender black bill with slightly downward curvature and long dark legs.

Currently, the populations of Mimus gilvus have decreased significantly in the department of La Guajira., mainly due to overhunting for sale as songbirds.

According to the law 1453 of 2011 that reformed the Colombian Penal Code, it is stipulated that “who illegally appropriates, enter, explodes, transporte, keep up, trafficking, trades, explore, advantage or benefit of specimens, products or parts of wildlife resources, forestry, floristic, microbiological, biological or genetic of Colombian biodiversity, will incur in prison of 48 a 108 months and a fine of up to 35.000 current legal monthly minimum wages ".

Corpoguajira invites the community to protect the birds, their nests, their ecosystems, and not to hunt and / or traffic them, since they reforest the natural forests, dispersing native seeds and with their presence beautifies the landscape of the department.