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Restricted Bird Species List221.04 KB RESTRICTED BIRD LICENCE CATEGORIES Exempt Birds - If these species are the only birds kept, no permit is required Canary, Common, Serinus canaria Ground-dove, White-bibbed; Pigeon, White- Pigeon, Domestic; Rock Dove, Columba livia breasted Ground; Jobi Island Dove, Gallicolumba jobiensis Cardinal, Red-crested, Paroaria coronata Guineafowl, Helmeted, Numida meleagris Pigeon, Luzon Bleeding Heart, Gallicolumba luzonica Chicken; Domestic Fowl; all bantams; Red Jungle Fowl, Parrotfinch, Red-throated; Red-faced Parrotfinch, Pytilia, Crimson-winged; Aurora Finch, Pytilia Gallus gallus Erythrura psittacea phoenicoptera Duck, domestic breeds only, Anas spp. Peafowl, Common; Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus Pytilia, Green-winged; Melba Finch, Pytilia melba Duck, Mallard; Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos Peafowl, Green, Pavo muticus Swan, Mute; White Swan, Cygnus olor Duck, Muscovy, Cairina moschata Pheasant, Golden, Chrysolophus pictus Turkey, Common, Meleagris gallopavo Firefinch, Red-billed, Lagonosticta senegala Pheasant, Himalayan Monal; Impeyan Pheasant, Turtle-Dove, Laughing, Streptopelia senegalensis Lophophorus impejanus Goldfinch; European Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis Pheasant, Kalij, Lophura leucomelanos Turtle-Dove, Spotted, Streptopelia chinensis Goose, All Domestic Strains, Anser anser Pheasant, Lady Amherst's, Chrysolophus Waxbill, Lavender; Lavender Finch, Estrilda amherstiae caerulescens Goose, Swan; Chinese Goose, Anser cygnoides Pheasant, Reeves's, Syrmaticus reevesii Waxbill, Zebra; Golden-breasted Waxbill; Orange- breasted Waxbill, Amandava subflava Grassquit, Blue-black; Jacarini Finch, Volatinia jacarina Pheasant, Siamese Fireback, Lophura diardi Grassquit, Cuban; Cuban Finch, Tiaris canora Pheasant, Swinhoe's, Lophura swinhoii Restricted Bird Permit required for birds listed below – Please enter number held against each species Caique, Black-headed; Black-headed Parrot, Pionites Lovebird, Peach-faced, Parrotfinch, Tri-coloured; Three-coloured Parrotfinch; melanocephala Agapornis roseicollis Maximum 30 Tanimbar Parrotfinch, Erythrura tricolor Caique, White-bellied; White-bellied Parrot, Pionites Lovebird species hybrids, Partridge, Chukar; Chukor or Chukka Partridge, Alectoris leucogaster Agapornis spp. Maximum 30 chukar Canary, Yellow-fronted; Green Singing Finch, Serinus Macaw, Blue and Yellow; Blue and Gold Macaw, Ara Pheasant, Ring-necked; Common Pheasant, Phasianus mozambicus ararauna colchicus Maximum 20 Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs Macaw, Green-winged; Red and Green Macaw, Ara Pheasant, Silver, chloropterus Lophura nycthemera Maximum 20 Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested, Macaw, Hyacinth, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus Pytilia, Yellow-winged, Pytilia hypogrammica Cacatua galerita Maximum 10 Fauna Possessing (Pet Keeper’s ) Licence also required Conure, Golden-capped; Golden-capped Parakeet, Aratinga Macaw, Red-fronted, Ara rubrogenys Quail, Japanese, Coturnix japonica auricapillus Conure, Jandaya; Jandaya Parakeet, Aratinga jandaya Macaw, Scarlet, Ara macao Red Bishop, Northern; Orange Bishop, Euplectes francisanus Maximum 10 Conure, Peach-fronted, Golden-crowned Conure; Peach- Mannikin, Nutmeg; Spicefinch; Spotted Munia; Scaly- Redpoll, Carduelis flammea Maximum 10 fronted Parakeet, Aratinga aurea breasted Munia, Lonchura punctulata Conure, Sun; Sun Parakeet, Aratinga solstitialis Munia, Black-headed; Black-headed Nun, Lonchura Rhea, Greater, Rhea americana malacca Cordon-bleu, Blue-breasted; Blue-breasted Waxbill, Munia, Green; Green Strawberry Finch, Green Scaup, New Zealand, Aythya novaeseelandiae Uraeginthus angolensis Avadavat, Amandava formosa Maximum 20 Cordon-bleu, Blue-capped; Blue-headed Cordon-bleu, Munia, Red; Red Strawberry Finch; Red or Indian Shelduck, Paradise; New Zealand Shelduck, Tadorna Uraeginthus cyanocephalus Avadavat; Tiger Finch; Red Waxbill, Amandava variegata amandava Cordon-bleu, Red-cheeked, Uraeginthus bengalus Munia, White-headed, Silverbill, Indian; White-throated Munia; Common Silverbill, Lonchura maja Maximum 20 Lonchura malabarica Dove, Collared; Collared Turtle-dove; Indian Ring Dove; Barbary Munia, White-rumped; Bengalese Mannikin, Lonchura Siskin, European; Spruce Siskin; Eurasian Siskin, Carduelis Dove (fawn or white variations), Streptopelia decaocto striata Maximum 20 spinus Maximum 30 Dove, Namaqua; Cape or Masked Dove, Parakeet, Alexandrine, Siskin, Hooded; Yellow Siskin; Black-hooded Yellow Siskin, Oena capensis Maximum 30 Psittacula eupatria Maximum 10 Carduelis magellanica Dove, Ruddy Ground; Talpacoti, Parakeet, Derbyan, Siskin, Red; Venezuelan Siskin; Black-hooded Red Siskin, Columbina talpacoti Maximum 20 Psittacula derbiana Maximum 12 Carduelis cucullate Maximum 30 Duck, Mandarin, Aix galericulata Parakeet, Golden , Guaruba guarouba Sparrow, Java; Paddy Finch, Padda oryzivora (Can only be kept in areas south of 26° parallel of latitude) Fody, Madagascan Red; Madagascar Weaver, Parakeet, Malabar, Sparrow, Paradise; Aberdeen Finch; Red-headed Amadina, Foudia madagascariensis Maximum 20 Psittacula columboides Maximum 10 Amadina erythrocephala Maximum 20 Goose, Egyptian, Alopochen aegyptiacus Parakeet, Moustached, Twinspot, Dybowski’s , Psittacula alexandri Maximum 10 Euschistospiza dybowskii Maximum 20 Greenfinch, Oriental, Carduelis sinica Parakeet, Plum-headed, Twinspot, Peters’s , Hypargos niveoguttatus Psittacula cyanocephala Maximum 10 Greenfinch; European Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris Parakeet, Red-fronted; Red-fronted Kakariki, Waxbill, Black-rumped; Red-eared Waxbill, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Maximum 10 Estrilda troglodytes Maximum 20 Grenadier, Purple, Uraeginthus ianthinogaster Parakeet, Rose-ringed; Indian or African Ringneck Waxbill, Common; St Helena Waxbill, (Can only be kept in areas south of 26° parallel of latitude) Parrot or Parakeet, Estrilda astrild Maximum 20 Psittacula krameri Maximum 10 Lory, Dusky , Parakeet, Yellow-fronted; Yellow-fronted Waxbill, Orange-cheeked, Pseudeos fuscata Maximum 10 Kakariki,Cyanoramphus auricep Maximum 10 Estrilda melpoda Maximum 30 Lovebird, Black-cheeked, Eclectus Parrot, Eclectus roratus Waxbill, Violet-eared, Uraeginthus granatinus Agapornis nigrigenis Maximum 30 (Can only be kept in areas south of 26° parallel of latitude) Lovebird, Fischer's, Parrot, Meyer's; Brown Parrot, Weaver, Cut-throat; Cut-throat Finch; Ribbon Finch, Agapornis fischeri Maximum 30 Poicephalus meyeri Maximum 10 Amadina fasciata Maximum 30 Lovebird, Masked, Parrotfinch, Bamboo; Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch, Weaver; Grenadier; Red Bishop; Red Bishop, Southern; Agapornis personatus Maximum 30 Erythrura hyperythra Euplectes orix Maximum 10 Lovebird, Nyasa; Lilian’s Lovebird, Parrotfinch, Red-headed, Erythrura cyaneovirens Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella Agapornis lilianae Maximum 30 .
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