Section 1590.20  Definitions for the Purpose of these Regulations

Bred in Captivity or Captive-Bred – refers to raptors, including eggs, hatched in captivity from parents that mated or otherwise transferred gametes in captivity.

Department – the Department of Natural Resources.

Endangered Species – any species or subspecies contained in the federal endangered species list issued pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its amendments plus other species or subspecies as the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act [520 ILCS 10] deems to be in danger of extinction (reference 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010).

Falconer – a person who engages in the sport of falconry.

Falconry – the sport of taking or attempting to take any species of animal by means of a trained raptor.

Fish and Wildlife Service – the United States Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service.

Imping – the method of repairing broken flight or tail feathers.

Marker – a seamless, or other numbered, non-reusable marker supplied by the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Raptor – any bird of the Orders Falconiformes or Strigiformes which includes all hawks, eagles, falcons, kites, harriers, ospreys, and owls.

Replacement Raptor – a raptor obtained from the wild to replace one which has died in captivity, has escaped, or has been lawfully released to the wild.

Threatened Species – any species or subspecies likely to become an endangered species or subspecies in the foreseeable future pursuant to Federal Endangered Species Protection Act of 1973 and Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act.

(Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 2218, effective February 3, 1997)