What are the laws regarding crowned eagles?

[tacsec]

Is it legal to use a captive bred crowned eagle from USA? Does anyone have one?

[echotadog]

Still considered an eagle by the USFWS, there are some in the US but not being used actively for falconry purposes.

[Austin]

Aug 3, 2014 14:54:19 GMT -5 tacsec said:

Is it legal to use a captive bred crowned eagle from USA? Does anyone have one?

You may want to check the listings in your state to see if they are on the list of raptors or species that are legal to take or use in falconry. Our state has a list of birds to take, maybe other states don't, I'm not sure. Might be worth looking into to.

[Austin]

Aug 3, 2014 19:50:56 GMT -5 echotadog said:

Still considered an eagle by the USFWS, there are some in the US but not being used actively for falconry purposes.

Are they considered under the eagle treaty act or is just the bald and golden? I know there are a couple of them in the US and owned by some people?? IDK.

[echotadog]

Eagle treaty act. All eagles are covered by it, even in part ( hybridization ). There are some here ( crowned) just not being used for falconry .

[tacsec]

Well if using golden eagles was allowed, I would figure that using crowned eagles should be allowed too.

[Falcon Boy]

Aug 5, 2014 7:45:24 GMT -5 echotadog said:

Eagle treaty act. All eagles are covered by it, even in part ( hybridization ). There are some here ( crowned) just not being used for falconry .

Are you sure? I was under the impression non-natives are non-MBTA and therefore exotics....just look at steppes and such.

[MarkT]

The Bald and Golden Eagle act only covers Bald and Golden Eagles. If you read the federal falconry regulations, it appears the feds added additional regulations that specify what kind of eagles may be used for falconry

(iv) If you meet the requirements in paragraph (c) of this section for falconry you may possess up to 3 eagles of the following species: golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, or Steller's sea eagle.

My take on that is you are pretty much limited to 3 types of eagle.

[Austin]

wow how would you ever carry a Steller's eagle on your glove. If one came at you to hit the glove it would completely knock you over. BIG!

[Falcon Boy]

Mark I'm pretty sure all of those are MTBA because they've been in the regs as long as I can remember. I know some of them don't make sense (e.g., white-tailed eagle) but the Euro kestrel is MBTA too....

[MarkT]

You're right. I just checked the list an the Steller's Sea Eagle and the White-tailed Eagle are on the MTBA list.