A man described as being "devoted to nature" has received a suspended sentence on 365 counts of taking and possessing protected wildlife in the Northern Territory, in what is believed to be the biggest protected wildlife seizure in Australia.

Key points: Keerthi Eswaran's 10-month sentence is wholly suspended for two years

Keerthi Eswaran's 10-month sentence is wholly suspended for two years Authorities found 1,300 animal parts in raid at his house year

Authorities found 1,300 animal parts in raid at his house year Parts belonged to animals including brolgas, kookaburras and wedge-tailed eagles

Keerthi Eswaran, 32, was arrested last year after wildlife officers found about 1,300 animal parts at his Howard Springs home.

Authorities estimated that the haul would have been worth more than $500,000 on the black market, and included pelican, camel and donkey heads, bowerbirds, blue-winged kookaburras, falcons, monitors, flying foxes and brolgas.

Prosecutor Ian Rowbottom told the court last week that rangers and police found 400 individual animals and 91 different species, most of which were protected.

"This appears to be the biggest protected wildlife seizure anywhere in Australia," Mr Rowbottom said at the time.

Eswaran pleaded guilty to all the offences.

But during sentencing on Friday, Darwin local court judge Richard Wallace said there was no evidence to prove that any of the species in Mr Eswaran's possession were endangered in the NT.

The NT government said it was considering whether to appeal the suspended sentence. ( ABC News: Georgia Hitch )

"The offences are serious ones, they really [would] attract deep condemnation from a large portion of the community," he said.

But he accepted a defence submission that Mr Eswaran was devoted to nature and that his practice of taxidermy was a reflection of that interest.

"It's unusual these days to find people on the one hand killing large numbers of animals, and on the other hand expressing their love for them," he said.

"[But] it's not in my view any more contradictory now compared to the naturalists of 100 years ago."

Rangers found about 1,300 animal parts in the seizure last year. ( Supplied: NT Parks and Wildlife Commission )

He said other sections of the community, including those in regional and remote areas, did not believe that the "only proper approach for a nature lover is to cuddle animals".

The sentence of 10 months in prison was suspended for two years.

NT Parks and Wildlife considering appeal

NT Parks and Wildlife will take advice on whether the decision could be challenged, wildlife operations director Brett Easton said outside the court.

There was a potential maximum penalty of five years in jail for possessing the animals without a permit.

"Today's ruling does recognise the gravity [of the offences], 10 months is a substantial sentence of sorts," he said.

"Unfortunately, wholly suspended is a bit disappointing," he said.

He alleged that Mr Eswaran had undertaken "a very large commercial exploitation of NT protected wildlife" without authorisation and had said that the biosecurity risks involved were serious.