Scheduled Species

Over 30,000 scheduled species are listed in Appendices I, II and III in This link will open in a new windowSchedule 1 to the Ordinance in accordance with CITES. Some of them are used for medicines, pets, plants, ornaments, food, leather and fur in Hong Kong.

Examples of Appendix I species

Tiger

Elephants **

Cheetah

Rhinos

Lesser sulphur crested cockatoo

Slipper orchids

Sea turtles

Asiatic bony tongue

Indian star tortoise

Ivory carving**

Rhino horn and skin

Shahtoosh shawl

Pangolins

Examples of Appendix II species

Saiga horn

Musk pod and musk grain*

Bear gall bladder and bear bile*

Parrots*

Hwamei

Owls*

Three-lined box turtle

Crocodiles*

Pythons*

Chameleons*

Porbeagle shark

Oceanic whitetip shark fin

Giant clams

Caviar*

Coral skeleton

Humphead wrasse

Seahorses

American ginseng

Cacti*

Orchids*

Pitcher plants*

Succulent euphorbias*

Venus flytrap

Dendrobium*

*Some of the species are scheduled in Appendix I.

** Hong Kong has adopted stricter measures banning the import, re-export and commercial possession of all elephant ivory and its products, except for antique ivory or certain circumstances in accordance with the Ordinance.

Examples of Appendix III species

Reeve's turtle (China)

Sea coconut
(Seychelles)

To view more images of endangered species, please visit the This link will open in a new windowPhoto Gallery of CITES website.