---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 20.63"
title: "50"
number: "20.63"
heading: "Species identification requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/20.63"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 31537, July 19, 1976]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 742a-j. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 38558, June 26, 2026.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 31537, July 19, 1976]