---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 92.22"
title: "50"
number: "92.22"
heading: "Subsistence migratory bird species."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/92.22"
---

# §92.22. Subsistence migratory bird species.


You may harvest birds or gather eggs from the following species, listed in taxonomic order, within all included areas except where region-specific harvest restrictions apply as set forth in [§ 92.31](/cfr/50/92.31.md). When birds are listed at the species level, all subspecies existing in Alaska are also open to harvest. All bird species not listed are closed to harvesting and egg gathering.

- (a) **Family Anatidae.**
  - (1) **Snow Goose (<I>Anser caerulescens</I>).**
  - (2) **Greater White-fronted Goose (<I>Anser albifrons</I>).**
  - (3) **Brant (<I>Branta bernicla</I>)—** except no egg gathering is permitted in the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta and the North Slope regions.
  - (4) **Cackling Goose (<I>Branta hutchinsii</I>)—** except in the Semidi Islands.
  - (5) **Canada Goose (<I>Branta canadensis</I>).**
  - (6) **Tundra Swan (<I>Cygnus columbianus</I>)—** except in Units 9(D) and 10.
  - (7) **Blue-winged Teal (<I>Spatula discors</I>).**
  - (8) **Northern Shoveler (<I>Spatula clypeata</I>).**
  - (9) **Gadwall (<I>Mareca strepera</I>).**
  - (10) **Eurasian Wigeon (<I>Mareca penelope</I>).**
  - (11) **American Wigeon (<I>Mareca americana</I>).**
  - (12) **Mallard (<I>Anas platyrhynchos</I>).**
  - (13) **Northern Pintail (<I>Anas acuta</I>).**
  - (14) **Green-winged Teal (<I>Anas crecca</I>).**
  - (15) **Canvasback (<I>Aythya valisineria</I>).**
  - (16) **Redhead (<I>Aythya americana</I>).**
  - (17) **Ring-necked Duck (<I>Aythya collaris</I>).**
  - (18) **Greater Scaup (<I>Aythya marila</I>).**
  - (19) **Lesser Scaup (<I>Aythya affinis</I>).**
  - (20) **King Eider (<I>Somateria spectabilis</I>).**
  - (21) **Common Eider (<I>Somateria mollissima</I>).**
  - (22) **Harlequin Duck (<I>Histrionicus histrionicus</I>).**
  - (23) **Surf Scoter (<I>Melanitta perspicillata</I>).**
  - (24) **White-winged Scoter (<I>Melanitta deglandi</I>).**
  - (25) **Black Scoter (<I>Melanitta americana</I>).**
  - (26) **Long-tailed Duck (<I>Clangula hyemalis</I>).**
  - (27) **Bufflehead (<I>Bucephala albeola</I>).**
  - (28) **Common Goldeneye (<I>Bucephala clangula</I>).**
  - (29) **Barrow's Goldeneye (<I>Bucephala islandica</I>).**
  - (30) **Hooded Merganser (<I>Lophodytes cucullatus</I>).**
  - (31) **Common Merganser (<I>Mergus merganser</I>).**
  - (32) **Red-breasted Merganser (<I>Mergus serrator</I>).**
- (b) **Family Podicipedidae.**
  - (1) **Horned Grebe (<I>Podiceps auritus</I>).**
  - (2) **Red-necked Grebe (<I>Podiceps grisegena</I>).**
- (c) **Family Gruidae.**
  - (1) **Sandhill Crane (<I>Antigone canadensis</I>).**
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (d) **Family Haematopodidae.**
  - (1) **Black Oystercatcher (<I>Haematopus bachmani</I>).**
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (e) **Family Charadriidae.**
  - (1) **Black-bellied Plover (<I>Pluvialis squatarola</I>).**
  - (2) **Common Ringed Plover (<I>Charadrius hiaticula</I>).**
- (f) **Family Scolopacidae.**
  - (1) **Bar-tailed Godwit (<I>Limosa lapponica</I>).**
  - (2) **Ruddy Turnstone (<I>Arenaria interpres</I>).**
  - (3) **Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (<I>Calidris acuminata</I>).**
  - (4) **Dunlin (<I>Calidris alpina</I>).**
  - (5) **Baird's Sandpiper (<I>Calidris bairdii</I>).**
  - (6) **Least Sandpiper (<I>Calidris minutilla</I>).**
  - (7) **Semipalmated Sandpiper (<I>Calidris pusilla</I>).**
  - (8) **Western Sandpiper (<I>Calidris mauri</I>).**
  - (9) **Long-billed Dowitcher (<I>Limnodromus scolopaceus</I>).**
  - (10) **Common Snipe (<I>Gallinago gallinago</I>).**
  - (11) **Wilson's Snipe (<I>Gallinago delicata</I>).**
  - (12) **Spotted Sandpiper (<I>Actitis macularius</I>).**
  - (13) **Lesser Yellowlegs (<I>Tringa flavipes</I>).**
  - (14) **Greater Yellowlegs (<I>Tringa melanoleuca</I>).**
  - (15) **Red-necked Phalarope (<I>Phalaropus lobatus</I>).**
  - (16) **Red Phalarope (<I>Phalaropus fulicarius</I>).**
- (g) **Family Stercorariidae.**
  - (1) **Pomarine Jaeger (<I>Stercorarius pomarinus</I>).**
  - (2) **Parasitic Jaeger (<I>Stercorarius parasiticus</I>).**
  - (3) **Long-tailed Jaeger (<I>Stercorarius longicaudus</I>).**
- (h) **Family Alcidae.**
  - (1) **Common Murre (<I>Uria aalge</I>).**
  - (2) **Thick-billed Murre (<I>Uria lomvia</I>).**
  - (3) **Black Guillemot (<I>Cepphus grylle</I>).**
  - (4) **Pigeon Guillemot (<I>Cepphus columba</I>).**
  - (5) **Cassin's Auklet (<I>Ptychoramphus aleuticus</I>).**
  - (6) **Parakeet Auklet (<I>Aethia psittacula</I>).**
  - (7) **Least Auklet (<I>Aethia pusilla</I>).**
  - (8) **Whiskered Auklet (<I>Aethia pygmaea</I>).**
  - (9) **Crested Auklet (<I>Aethia cristatella</I>).**
  - (10) **Rhinoceros Auklet (<I>Cerorhinca monocerata</I>).**
  - (11) **Horned Puffin (<I>Fratercula corniculata</I>).**
  - (12) **Tufted Puffin (<I>Fratercula cirrhata</I>).**
- (i) **Family Laridae.**
  - (1) **Black-legged Kittiwake (<I>Rissa tridactyla</I>).**
  - (2) **Red-legged Kittiwake (<I>Rissa brevirostris</I>).**
  - (3) **Ivory Gull (<I>Pagophila eburnea</I>).**
  - (4) **Sabine's Gull (<I>Xema sabini</I>).**
  - (5) **Bonaparte's Gull (<I>Chroicocephalus philadelphia</I>).**
  - (6) **Short-billed Gull (<I>Larus brachyrhynchus</I>).**
  - (7) **Herring Gull (<I>Larus argentatus</I>).**
  - (8) **Slaty-backed Gull (<I>Larus schistisagus</I>).**
  - (9) **Glaucous-winged Gull (<I>Larus glaucescens</I>).**
  - (10) **Glaucous Gull (<I>Larus hyperboreus</I>).**
  - (11) **Aleutian Tern (<I>Onychoprion aleuticus</I>).**
  - (12) **Arctic Tern (<I>Sterna paradisaea</I>).**
- (j) **Family Gaviidae.**
  - (1) **Red-throated Loon (<I>Gavia stellata</I>).**
  - (2) **Arctic Loon (<I>Gavia arctica</I>).**
  - (3) **Pacific Loon (<I>Gavia pacifica</I>).**
  - (4) **Common Loon (<I>Gavia immer</I>).**
  - (5) **Yellow-billed Loon (<I>Gavia adamsii</I>)—** In the North Slope Region only, a total of up to 20 yellow-billed loons inadvertently caught in fishing nets may be kept for subsistence purposes.
- (k) **Family Procellariidae.**
  - (1) **Northern Fulmar (<I>Fulmarus glacialis</I>).**
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (l) **Family Phalacrocoracidae.**
  - (1) **Double-crested Cormorant (<I>Nannopterum auritum</I>).**
  - (2) **Pelagic Cormorant (<I>Urile pelagicus</I>).**
- (m) **Family Strigidae.**
  - (1) **Great Horned Owl (<I>Bubo virginianus</I>).**
  - (2) **Snowy Owl (<I>Bubo scandiacus</I>).**

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 13791, Mar. 14, 2008, as amended at 81 FR 18787, Apr. 1, 2016; 82 FR 16304, Apr. 4, 2017; 83 FR 13688, Mar. 30, 2018; 86 FR 20318, Apr. 19, 2021; 90 FR 14422, Apr. 2, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703-712.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 53517, Aug. 16, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 13791, Mar. 14, 2008, as amended at 81 FR 18787, Apr. 1, 2016; 82 FR 16304, Apr. 4, 2017; 83 FR 13688, Mar. 30, 2018; 86 FR 20318, Apr. 19, 2021; 90 FR 14422, Apr. 2, 2025]