Species Protected Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act Tops 1,000
 Little egret (Photo: Ferran Pestaña from Flickr Creative Commons) |
With the addition of 186 species, the number of species the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects topped 1,000, according to an announcement this past Monday from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Eleven birds were removed from the list, meaning a net gain (so to speak) of 175 birds. This update, the first to this list in 25 years, takes effect March 31.
The change helps the agency better protect migratory birds in the U.S., according to Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould. And, as he states, it benefits just about everyone—researchers, hunters, conservationists, state agencies, tribal governments, and birdwatchers.
Once a species makes it onto the list, the FWS closely regulates its “taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation, and importation,” states the Federal Register final rule about the change. Ninety-four of the species—including little bunting, Eurasian curlew, black-winged petrel, tufted flycatcher, mottled owl, and little egret—were added due to new or re-reviewed documentation proving their occurrence in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or U.S. Virgin Islands.
Ten of the 11 were removed because new evidence showed that these species’ ranges fell entirely outside the U.S. and its territories. (Those removed from the list include rosy finch, green-backed heron, black-shouldered kite, lesser noddy, dark-rumped petrel, water pipit, black-backed wagtail, yellow wagtail, Strickland’s woodpecker, and three-toed woodpecker.) The eleventh species, black-billed magpie, FWS acknowledged as its own subspecies, Pica hudsonia.
Penalty for breaking the Migratory Bird Treaty Act can be stiff. This past February, a man from Washington State earned 45 days of jail time and a fine of $1,000 for driving his Jeep on a beach through flocks of Heermann’s gulls and Caspian terns, both protected species, reported the Seattle Times.
[Corrected March 8, 2 p.m.]
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service is doing a good job protecting the migratory birds. however, creating public awareness is the key since it's quite impossible to monitor the well being of the birds (as well as other endangered species) round the clock. By the way, it's quite interesting to go through the list of migrating birds, I didn't even knew that some of them migrate from one place to another.
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As the posting states this past February, a man (or fool) from Washington State earned forty five days of jail time and a fine of one thousand dollars for driving his Jeep on a beach through flocks of Heermann’s gulls and Caspian terns, both protected species" - pleased to read that. What sort of crazy person does that, one who spends too much time driving round in a jeep I think.
We need to start to think about the environment and not about gas, cars and speed.
only $1,000?
Fine of $1,000 is not enough. It must be higher!
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It is an interesting article to read about the species protected under migratory bird treaty act tops 1000. Despite this fact and the penalty provision, poaching of endangered species of birds go unabated. However, this move seems to be working towards this cause. Creating public awareness about the subject half the war is won. Hence, we should start raising our voices. Thanks for the information.eat stop eat review
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Agree with comment below, but would the other way around also work?
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Black-billed magpie
Hi Sara,
Thanks for the comment. You are correct. After closer inspection of the Federal Register Final Rule, it's clear that the black-billed magpie wasn't removed from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act list, but made its own subspecies.
For anyone who wants to check it out, turn to p. 12 of the Final Rule.
– Michele
Thick-billed Magpie?
They did not remove the Thick-billed Magpies; they just acknowledged that they are their own species (Pica hudsonia). Besides, I am pretty sure that I saw many of them in Colorado on New Year's Day!
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*Meant Black-billed Magpie.