EXEMPT BIRD IN Queensland.
In Queensland you do not require a license to keep or use, lawfully obtained birds on the exempt list.
You can buy, sell or breed exempt birds. There is a clause that states that you cannot “process” them, such as “convert them into another form by a special process such as taxidermy”.
Exempt Bird in QLD may be kept, breed and sold without a license but they are all “protected” and it is illegal to take them from the wild.
You will not require any type of documentation to transport your exempt birds within Queensland and you can transport them without documentation into other states as long as you do not require approval from the wildlife authority of the other State. This is because each State has unique laws on wildlife that must be abided by.
It is also illegal to move Exempt Birds from Queensland for the purpose of moving them to another country or selling, giving or moving them to a person in another country.
Queensland’s Exempt Native Birds
- Scientific name Common name
- Coturnix chinensis………………………………….King quail
- Coturnix pectoralis…………………………………Stubble quail
- Coturnix ypsilophora………………………………Brown quail
- Erythrura gouldiae…………………………………..Gouldian finch
- Geopelia cuneata…………………………………….Diamond dove
- Geopelia striata……………………………………….Peaceful Dove
- Melopsittacus undulates…………………………..Budgerigar
- Neochmia ruficauda, other than N. r. ruficauda
- Star finch,other than the eastern subspecies
- Neophema bourkii…………………………………..Bourke’s parrot
- Neophema elegans………………………………….Elegant parrot
- Nymphicus hollandicus…………………………..Cockatiel or Quarrion
- Psephotus haematonotus………………………..Red-rumped parrot
- Taeniopygia guttata………………………………..Zebra finch
The Exempt Native Birds below are also “Prescribed Licence Exempt Birds”.
When keeping a “Prescribed Licence Exempt Bird” for a commercial purpose you are legally required to keep a record book, even though you don’t require a licence. A record book or electronic record system must be kept up-to-date with details of all transactions and/or number changes of your “Prescribed Licence Exempt Birds”. Records must be amended on the day of the transaction or when the number change occurs. Record Book can be brought at EPA offices and electronic record system must be approved by the EPA chief executive.
- Neophema splendida ……………………Scarlet-chested parrot*
- Polytelis alexandrae …………………….Princess parrot or Alexandra’s parrot*
- Trichoglossus haematodus …………..Rainbow lorikeet*
- Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus
- Australian ringneck or Twenty-eight parrot*
- Cacatua galerita …………………………..Sulphur-crested cockatoo*
- Cacatua pastinator ………………………Western corella*
- Cacatua roseicapilla …………………….Galah*
- Cacatua sanguinea ………………………Little corella*
- Cacatua tenuirostris …………………….Long-billed corella*
Australian Parrots 