Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 1590 - FALCONRY AND THE CAPTIVE PROPAGATION OF RAPTORS › Section 1590.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Bred in Captivity or Captive-Bred - refers to raptors,
				including eggs, hatched in captivity from parents that mated or otherwise
				transferred gametes in captivity.
Department or IDNR - Department of Natural Resources.
Endangered Species - any species or subspecies contained in the
				federal endangered species list issued pursuant to the federal Endangered
				Species Act (
				16
				USC 1531 et seq.), as amended, plus other
				species or subspecies as the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act [520
				ILCS 10 ] deems to be in danger of extinction (see 17 Ill. Adm. Code
				1010).
Eyass Raptor - an immature raptor not capable of flight.
Falconer - a person who engages in the sport of
				falconry.
Falconry - the sport of taking or attempting to take any
				species of animal by means of a trained raptor.
Fish and Wildlife Service or FWS - the United States Department
				of Interior-Fish and Wildlife Service.
Hacking - the temporary release to the wild of a raptor held
				for falconry so that it must survive on its own.
Haggard Raptor - a raptor greater than one year old.
Hybrid Raptor - a raptor that is the offspring from
				cross-breeding among two or more raptor species listed in federal regulations
				at
				50 CFR
				10.13.
Imping - the method of replacing a broken feather with a molted
				feather.
Imprinted Raptor - a raptor that has been hand-raised in
				isolation from the sight of other raptors from before 2 weeks of age until it
				is fully feathered.
Marker - a seamless, or other numbered, non-reusable marker
				supplied by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Mews - a building or indoor room where a raptor is held or
				sheltered.
Native Raptor - a raptor that regularly breeds in, migrates
				through or winters in Illinois.
Passage Raptor - an immature raptor capable of flight that is
				less than one year old.
Prohibited Species - The following species will be referred to
				as "prohibited species" for the purposes of this Part:
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus);
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus); and
Barn Owl (Tyto alba).
Raptor - any bird of the Orders Falconiformes, Accipitriformes
				or Strigiformes that includes all hawks, eagles, falcons, kites, harriers,
				ospreys, vultures, caracaras and owls.
Replacement Raptor - a raptor obtained from the wild to replace
				one that has died in captivity, has escaped, or has been lawfully released to
				the wild.
Sponsor - a general or master class falconer who is mentoring a
				falconer trying to complete the requirements for an apprentice or general class
				falconry permit.
Threatened Species - any species or subspecies likely to become
				an endangered species or subspecies in the foreseeable future pursuant to the
				federal Endangered Species Act and Illinois Endangered Species Protection
				Act.
Weathering Area - an enclosed area outdoors where a raptor can
				be housed with protection from the environment, predators and domestic
				animals.
Wild Raptor - a raptor originating from the
				wild.