50 CFR § 20.63 - Species identification requirement.

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title: "50 CFR § 20.63 - Species identification requirement."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "20.63"
section_name: "Species identification requirement."
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: "20"
part_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING"
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. 703  and 16 U.S.C. 742a-j."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "20"
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# 20.63 Species identification requirement.

No person shall import migratory game birds unless each such bird has one fully feathered wing attached, and such wing must remain attached while being transported between the port of entry and the personal abode of the possessor or between the port of entry and a migratory bird preservation facility.

[41 FR 31537, July 19, 1976]