50 CFR § 15.33 - Species included in the approved list.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s15.33"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 15.33 - Species included in the approved list."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "15.33"
section_name: "Species included in the approved list."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "15"
part_name: "WILD BIRD CONSERVATION ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 4901-4916."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 60536, Nov. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "15"
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# 15.33 Species included in the approved list.
(a) *Captive-bred species.* The list in this paragraph includes species of captive-bred exotic birds for which importation into the United States is not prohibited by section 15.11. The species are grouped taxonomically by order.
| Species | Common name |
| --- | --- |
| Order Falconiiformes: | |
| | Common European buzzard. |
| Order Columbiformes: | |
| | Rock dove. |
| Order Psittaciformes: | |
| | Masked lovebird. |
| | Peach-faced lovebird. |
| | Jendaya conure. |
| | Mallee ringneck parrot. |
| (blue form) | Lineolated parakeet (blue form). |
| (yellow form) | Lineolated parakeet (yellow form). |
| (white form) | Lineolated parakeet (white form). |
| | Yellow-fronted Parakeet. |
| | Red-fronted parakeet. |
| (lutino form) | Pacific parrotlet (lutino form). |
| (yellow form) | Pacific parrotlet (yellow form). |
| (blue form) | Pacific parrotlet (blue form). |
| (cinnamon form) | Pacific parrotlet (cinnamon form). |
| | Budgerigar. |
| | Bourke's parrot. |
| | Blue-winged Parrot. |
| | Elegant Parrot. |
| | Turquoise parrot. |
| | Scarlet-chested parrot. |
| | Cockatiel. |
| | Adelaide rosella. |
| | Pale-headed rosella. |
| | Crimson rosella. |
| | Eastern rosella |
| | Western (stanley) rosella. |
| | Northern rosella. |
| | Princess parrot. |
| | Regent parrot. |
| | Superb parrot. |
| | Golden-shouldered parakeet. |
| | Red-rumped parakeet. |
| | Mulga parakeet. |
| (blue form) | Alexandrine parakeet (blue form). |
| (lutino form) | Alexandrine parakeet (lutino form). |
| | Indian ringneck parakeet. |
| | Red-capped parrot. |
| | Scaly-breasted lorikeet. |
| Order Passeriformes: | |
| | Red-browed Finch. |
| | Cherry Finch. |
| | Gouldian finch. |
| | Diamond Sparrow. |
| | Painted finch. |
| | Chestnut-breasted finch. |
| | Society (=Bengalese) finch. |
| | Pictorella finch. |
| | Star finch. |
| | Long-tailed grassfinch. |
| | Double-barred finch. |
| | Parson finch. |
| | Zebra finch. |
| | Masked finch. |
| | Common Canary. |
| Permits are still required for this species under part 17 of this chapter. | |
(b) *Non-captive-bred species.* The list in this paragraph includes species of non-captive-bred exotic birds and countries for which importation into the United States is not prohibited by section 15.11. The species are grouped taxonomically by order, and may only be imported from the approved country, except as provided under a permit issued pursuant to subpart C of this part.
[59 FR 62262, Dec. 2, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 2093, Jan. 24, 1996; 82 FR 16540, Apr. 5, 2017]