Could you tell me please if you need to have a licence to own a King Parrot to have as a pet in QLD thanks.
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Gidday Tiger,the answer to your question is most definately yes.
As a rule of thumb if its native to Austarlia you need a permit to keep it,
In addition if you move your birds say from your residence to another residence you have to have a permit for that to.
Hope this helps.
I went through all the permit enquiries on Friday as I am looking into keeping some native lizards.
The same permit covers everything
Hi Tassie
Thank you for that do you know if you can apply on line and if so do you know the web sit to go to ?
"As a rule of thumb if its native to Austarlia you need a permit to keep it"
That is not correct.. there are many native birds that don't require a license. These include SC Cockatoos, corellas, galahs, cockatiels, budgies, many rosellas and small parrots, and various doves, quails and finches.
I believe you do need a license for a king parrot.
Gidday Magpie,"not correct" you stated
I notice you state the obvious,Budgies,some doves,quails....etc
King quail,Jap quail,Zebra finches etc,fair enough.
"Many small Parrots? Bourkes,Turks,and I believe they may have lifted
permits on Scarlets. I am starting to struggle to think of "many" more
"Small native parrots.
"Many Rosellas" There are Four, Crimson,Green,Eastern and Western with two
sub species of the Eastern. You had better check the laws for QLD Magpie
because the last time I bred birds you needed permits for all of them.
Here is a few you do need need a permit for.
FINCHES,
Crimsons
Diamonds
Blue faced
Painteds
Pictorellas
Black Throats
Chestnut Breasted etc
PARROTS
Elegants
Crimson wing
Twenty eight
Hooded
Golden shouldered
Blue wing
King
Crimson rosella
Pale headed rosella
Eastern rosella etc
There are many many more that you need permits for.
If you want a complete list Magpie I would be glad to post it for you.
My post to Tiger might have been slightly correct.. :)
You don't need a licence to keep exotic (non-native) bird species. There are also 41 native species that you may buy, sell or keep without a licence. These species are:
* sulphur-crested cockatoo
* galah
* little corella
* long-billed corella
* western corella
* cockatiel
* red-collared lorikeet
* scaly-breasted lorikeet
* musk lorikeet
* rainbow lorikeet
* Port Lincoln parrot
* twenty-eight parrot
* hooded parrot
* red-rumped parrot
* red-capped parrot
* princess parrot
* bourke's parrot
* elegant parrot
* scarlet-chested parrot
* Adelaide rosella
* eastern rosella
* pale-headed rosella
* yellow rosella
* western rosella
* budgerigar
* bar-shouldered dove
* diamond dove
* emerald dove
* peaceful dove
* common bronzewing
* crested pigeon
* brown quail
* king quail
* stubble quail
* little button-quail
* painted button-quail
* blue-faced parrot-finch
* Gouldian finch
* painted finch
* star finch
* zebra finch.
Note that these native birds are still protected and you are not allowed to trap them in the wild. It is illegal to trap protected birds, including exempt species, anywhere in NSW. The maximum penalty for trapping a protected or threatened bird is a fine of $220,000 and/or a two-year prison sentence.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifelicences/BirdsYouDontNeedALicenceToKeep.htm
That list is for NSW, just noticed the first poster is from QLD. Can not find a similar list on the QLD EPA website.
Gidday Tiger, sorry mate got a bit side tracked.
Go to this link. http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/ecoaccess/plants_and_animals/guidelines/
That is on the Enviromental Protection Agency site.
They handle all your permits and movement records.
Good luck with it mate.
Tiger you can apply online it is quicker,costs about $60.00.