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 California Clubs
 Club Details:
  Regular Meetings:
ANTELOPE VALLEY CAGED BIRD SOCIETY
P.O. Box 900553
Palmdale, CA 93590-0553
(661) 947-1588
AMADOR BIRD CLUB
Box 1271
Ione, CA 95640
(209) 274-2632
AVIAN ASSOC OF KERN
AVICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONN OF SAN FRANCISCO
(510) 724-9459
AVICULTURE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Box 5516
Riverside, CA 92517
BAY AREA CAGE BIRD CLUB
175 Upper Via Casitas, Ste. 11 Greenbrae, CA 94904
(415) 461-4553
BIRD ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
(559) 673-9306,
evenings (559) 834-6211
BUDGERIGAR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (ABS affiliate)
624 W. 9th
San Pedro, CA 90731
(310) 832-7200
BUDGIE FANCIERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (ABS affiliate)
15077 Blossom Valley Ln.
El Cajon, CA 92021
(619) 443-1840
BUTTE COUNTY BIRD CLUB
(916) 343-7770
CALIFORNIA GAMEBIRD BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 974
Sun City, CA 92586
(909) 679-0272
CALIFORNIA PARROT PROJECT
Karen T. Mabb, Ornothologist
P.O. Box 1243
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 286-6452; (909) 679-0272
kmabb@hotmail.com; www.parrotproject.org (in affiliation with the Natural History Museum of L.A. County and in cooperation with the Kern and Pasadena Audubon Societies
Box 417700
Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 452-2037
Box 417700
Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 366-0195
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AVIAN SOCIETY
P.O. Box 5067
Fresno, CA 93755
(559) 228-1737
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CAGE BIRD CLUB
1653 Ohio Av.
Modesto, CA 95351
(209) 576-7256
CENTRAL COAST AVICULTURAL SOCIETY
Box 2223
Paso Robles, CA 93447
(805) 528-6549
COACHELLA VALLEY BIRD SOCIETY
San Diego
CONTRA COSTA AVIAN SOCIETY
EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY BIRD SOCIETY
EXOTIC BIRD BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Box 1419
Riverbank, CA 95367
(209) 869-5841
FINCH FOLIES
Riverbank, CA
FINCH SOCIETY OF SAN SAN DIEGO
San Diego, CA
FOOTHILL BIRD FANCIERS
(916) 725-9248
GOLD COUNTRY AVICULTURAL SOCIETY
Sonora
5120 Center Oak Rd.
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
(916) 677-2776
GOLDEN GATE AVIAN SOCIETY
GREAT WESTERN BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY
9428 Blackely St.
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 287-5041
HEMET VALLEY BIRD SOCIETY
(909) 679-7533
HOOKBILL HOBBYISTS
Box 3495
La Mesa, CA 91941
(619) 463-7613
HOOKBILL HOBBYISTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
P.O. Box 3495
La Mesa, CA 91941-3495
(619) 465-2473 (HOK-BIRD)
LONG BEACH BIRD BREEDERS
PO Box 15734
Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 945-5269
MONTEREY BAY CAGED BIRD CLUB
NORCO VALLEY BIRD BREEDERS
NORTH COUTY AVICULTURISTS
San Diego
NORTH COUNTY BIRD LOVERS
(Santa Cruz County)
1115 Fern Av.
Felton, CA 95018
(408) 335-4926
OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL ROLLER CANARY CLUB
510-B St.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
ORANGE COUNTY BIRD BREEDERS
REDWOOD EMPIRE CAGE BIRD CLUB
Box 6232
Santa Rosa, CA 95406
REDWOOD EXOTIC BIRD SOCIETY
SAN DIEGO BIRD CLUB
Box 191204
San Diego, CA 92159
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BIRD BREEDERS ASSOC
SANTA BARBARA BIRD CLUB
SANTA CLARA VALLEY BIRD CLUB
SANTA CLARA VALLEY CANARY AND EXOTIC BIRD CLUB (SCCVCEBC)
Box 3466
Santa Clara, CA 95055
Phone: 408-927-0734; Club email - contact: Doreen Waugh Doreen123@mindspring.com
SOUTH BAY BIRD CLUB
Box 1011
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(310) 866-1066
SOUTH BAY BIRD SOCIETY
SOUTH COAST FINCH SOCIETY
VALLEY OF PARADISE BIRD CLUB
San Bernardino, CA
(909) 943-5156
WEST VALLEY BIRD CLUB
Box 5210
North Hollywood, CA 91616
(818) 703-0790


 California Laws
Name of Law
Text
Comments
California
CAL. CODE REGS. Tit. 14 §671 -- Importation, Transportation and Possession of Live Restricted Animals
(a) It shall be unlawful to import, transport, or possess alive animals restricted in subsection (c) below except under permit issued by the Department of Fish and Game. Permits may be issued by the department as specified herein and for purposes designated in Section 671.1 subject to the conditions and restrictions designated by the department. Except for mammals listed in Fish and Game Code Section 3950 Fish & Game or live aquatic animals requiring a permit pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section 2271 Fish & Game, no permit is required by this section for any animal being imported, transported, or possessed pursuant to any other permit issued by the department. Cities and counties may also prohibit possession or require a permit for these and other species not requiring a state permit.
(b) The commission has determined the below listed animals are not normally domesticated in this state. Mammals listed to prevent the depletion of wild populations and to provide for animal welfare are termed "welfare animals", and are designated by the letter "W". Those species listed because they pose a threat to native wildlife, the agriculture interests of the state or to public health or safety are termed "detrimental animals" and are designated by the letter "D". The department shall include the list of welfare and detrimental wild animals as part of DFG MANUAL No. 671 (2/25/92) IMPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF RESTRICTED SPECIES, to be made available to all permittees and other interested individuals.
(c) Restricted species include:
(1) Class Aves - Bird
(A) Family Alaudidae - Larks Alauda arvensis (Skylark) (D).
(B) Family Cuculidae - Cuckoos All species (D).
(C) Family Corvidae - Crows, Ravens, Rooks, Jackdaws. All species (D).(D) Family Turdidae - Thrushes, Blackbirds, Fieldfare
1. Turdus merula (European blackbird) (D).
2. Turdus viscivorus (Missel thrush) (D).
3. Turdus pilaris (Fieldfare) (D).
4. Turdus musicus (Song thrush) (D).
(E) Family Sturnidae -- Starlings, Mynahs All species (D), except Sturnus vulgaris (Starling), Gracula religiosa or Eulabes religiosa (Hill mynahs), and Leucopsar rothschildi (Rothchild's mynah) are not restricted.
(F) Family Ploceidae - Sparrows, Weavers, Queleas
1. Genus Passer (Sparrow All species (D), except Passer domesticus (English house sparrow) is not restricted.
2. Foudia madagascariensis (Madagascar weaver) (D).
3. Ploceus baya (Baya weaver) (D).
4. Genus Quelea (Queleas) - All species (D).
(G) Family Estrildidae - Waxbills, Munias, Ricebirds
1. Padda oryzivora (Java sparrow) (D).
(H) Family Emberizidae - Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer) (D).
(I) Order Falconiformes - Falcons, Eagles, Hawks, Vultures
1. Vultures All species (D)
2. Falcons, Eagles, Hawks (D)
(J) Order Strigiformes - Owls All species (D)(K) Family Pyconotidae --Bulbuls or Fruit Thrushes Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-whiskered bulbul)(D).
(L) Family Zosteropidae - Whiteeyes Genus Zosterops (Whiteeyes) -- All species (D).
(M) Family Psittacidae --Parrots, Parakeets Myiopsitta monachus (Monk or Quaker parakeet) (D)
Basically no Quaker (Monk) parakeets permitted inside the State of California. There is mention of a grandfather clause (prior to 1992) and permits are mentioned but likely wouldn't pertain to "D" class detrimental animals.

Other species restricted as noted at left.


 California Addresses