California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 3 - General Regulations › Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 671 - Importation, Transportation and Possession of Live Restricted Animals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) It shall be
				  unlawful to import, transport, or possess live animals restricted in subsection
				  (c) below except under permit issued by the department. Permits may be issued
				  by the department as specified herein and for purposes designated in Section
				  671.1 subject to the conditions
				  and restrictions designated by the department. Except for mammals listed in
				  Fish and Game Code Section
				  3950 or
				  live aquatic animals requiring a permit pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
				  2271,
				  no permit is required by this section for any animal being imported,
				  transported, or possessed pursuant to any other permit issued by the
				  department. Cities and counties may also prohibit possession or require a
				  permit for these and other species not requiring a state permit.
(b) The commission has determined the below
				  listed animals are not normally domesticated in this state. Mammals listed to
				  prevent the depletion of wild populations and to provide for animal welfare are
				  termed "welfare animals", and are designated by the letter "W". Those species
				  listed because they pose a threat to native wildlife, the agriculture interests
				  of the state or to public health or safety are termed "detrimental animals" and
				  are designated by the letter "D". The department shall include the list of
				  welfare and detrimental wild animals as part of DFG MANUAL NO. 671 (2/25/92)
				  IMPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF RESTRICTED SPECIES, to be made
				  available to all permittees and other interested individuals.
(c) Restricted species include:
(1) Class Aves--Birds
(A) Family Alaudidae--Larks
Alauda arvensis
(Skylark)
					 (D).
(B) Family
				  Cuculidae--Cuckoos
All species (D).
(C) Family Corvidae--Crows, Ravens, Rooks,
				  Jackdaws
All species (D).
(D) Family Turdidae--Thrushes, Blackbirds,
				  Fieldfare
1.
Turdus merula
(European blackbird) (D).
2.
Turdus viscivorus
(Missel thrush) (D).
3.
Turdus pilaris
(Fieldfare) (D).
4.
Turdus
				  musicus
(Song thrush) (D).
(E) Family Sturnidae--Starlings, Mynahs
All species (D), except
Sturnus vulgaris
(Starling),
Gracula religiosa
or
Eulabes
					 religiosa
(Hill mynahs), and
Leucopsar rothschildi
(Rothchild's mynah) are not restricted.
(F) Family Ploceidae--Sparrows, Weavers,
				  Queleas
1. Genus
Passer
(Sparrow)
All species (D), except
Passer domesticus
(English house sparrow) is not restricted.
2.
Foudia madagascariensis
(Madagascar weaver) (D).
3.
Ploceus baya
(Baya weaver) (D).
4.
Genus Quelea
(Queleas)--All species (D).
(G) Family Estrildidae--Waxbills, Munias,
				  Ricebirds
1.
Padda oryzivora
(Java sparrow) (D).
(H)
				  Family Emberizidae--Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
(Yellowhammer)
					 (D).
(I) Order
				  Falconiformes--Falcons, Eagles, Hawks, Vultures
All species (D)
(J) Order Strigiformes--Owls
All species (D)
(K) Family Pyconotidae--Bulbuls or Fruit
				  Thrushes
Pycnonotus jocosus
(Red-whiskered bulbul)
					 (D).
(L) Family
				  Zosteropidae--Whiteeyes
Genus
Zosterops
(Whiteeyes)
					 (D).
(M) Family
				  Psittacidae--Parrots, Parakeets
Myiopsitta monachus
(Monk or Quaker
					 parakeet) (D).
(N) Family
				  Anatidae -- Duck, Geese, Swans
1.
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan) (D)