Section 1590.20  Definitions

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 or IDNR – Department of Natural Resources.

Endangered Species – any species or subspecies contained in the federal endangered species list issued pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act (16 USC 1531 et seq.), as amended, plus other species or subspecies as the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act [520 ILCS 10] deems to be in danger of extinction (see 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010).

Eyass Raptor – an immature raptor not capable of flight.

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

Hacking – the temporary release to the wild of a raptor held for falconry so that it must survive on its own.

Haggard Raptor – a raptor greater than one year old.

Hybrid Raptor – a raptor that is the offspring from cross-breeding among two or more raptor species listed in federal regulations at 50 CFR 10.13.

Imping – the method of replacing a broken feather with a molted feather.

Imprinted Raptor – a raptor that has been hand-raised in isolation from the sight of other raptors from before 2 weeks of age until it is fully feathered.

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

Mews – a building or indoor room where a raptor is held or sheltered.

Native Raptor – a raptor that regularly breeds in, migrates through or winters in Illinois.

Passage Raptor – an immature raptor capable of flight that is less than one year old.

Prohibited Species – The following species will be referred to as "prohibited species" for the purposes of this Part: 

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus);

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus); and

Barn Owl (Tyto alba).

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

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

Sponsor – a general or master class falconer who is mentoring a falconer trying to complete the requirements for an apprentice or general class falconry permit.

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

Weathering Area – an enclosed area outdoors where a raptor can be housed with protection from the environment, predators and domestic animals.

Wild Raptor – a raptor originating from the wild.

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 895, effective January 1, 2014)