Birds that can be kept without a Licence

20/2/2017

WILDLIFE THAT MAY BE HELD FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES WITHOUT A LICENCE
This publication is intended as a general summary only and may be of assistance to you, but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate to your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. Anyone possessing wildlife should familiarise themselves with the relevant licensing provisions of the Wildlife Act 1975 and Wildlife Regulations 2013, including any subsequent amendments.
Birds
Princess Parrot - Polytelis alexandrae
Australian Ringneck - Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus
Blue-faced Finch - Erythrura trichroa
Bourke's Parrot - Neopsephotus bourkii
Budgerigar - Melopsittacus undulatus
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin - Lonchura castaneothorax
Cockatiel -Nymphicus hollandicus
Common Bronzewing - Phaps chalcoptera
Crested Pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotes
Diamond Dove - Geopelia cuneata
Double-barred Finch - Taeniopygia bichenovii
Eastern Rosella - Platycercus eximius
Eclectus Parrot - Eclectus roratus polychloros
Elegant Parrot - Neophema elegans
Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica
Galah - Eolophus roseicapilla
Gouldian Finch - Erythrura gouldiae
Hooded Parrot - Psephotus dissimilis
King Quail - Excalfactoria chinensis
Little Corella - Cacatua sanguinea
Long-billed Corella - Cacatua tenuirostris
Long-tailed Finch - Poephila acuticauda
Musk Lorikeet - Glossopsitta concinna
Painted Firetail - Emblema pictum
Peaceful Dove - Geopelia striata
Plum-headed Finch - Neochmia modesta
Rainbow Lorikeet (excluding subspecies) - Trichoglossus haematodus
Red-rumped Parrot - Psephotus haematonotus
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Scarlet-chested Parrot - Neophema splendida
Star Finch - Neochmia ruficauda
Stubble Quail - Coturnix pectoralis
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita
Turquoise Parrot - Neophema pulchella
Western Rosella - Platycercus icterotis
Zebra Finch - Taeniopygia guttata
Non-indigenous quail - all taxa, including Californian Quail and Japanese/European Quail
Alectoris spp.all taxa, including Callipepla californica and Coturnix coturnix
Partridge ~ all taxa - Perdix spp. Alectoris spp.
Pheasant ~ all taxa - Phasianus spp

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46 Comments

Hana

10/8/2017 09:46:24 pm

Hi ,, please is major mitchell cockatoo no need license in vic ..?
Thank you

VAC

11/8/2017 05:10:05 pm

Hi Hana, to own Major Mitchell Cockatoos you are required to have an advanced licence

Jason perinoni

27/2/2019 05:11:57 am

How and where do i get adbanced bird licence and how much in vic pendion consesion

Vanessa

7/9/2020 03:12:17 pm

Hello, do i need a license to own a Major Mitchell in California ? If so where and how do i get one ?

Ozaifa Cold

23/5/2021 11:40:32 am

Do u need licence for ringnecks

Brandon

10/11/2017 01:14:02 pm

do you need a licence for a indian ringneck in VIC?

mark

12/10/2020 10:43:08 am

a licence is not required to keep an indian ringneck

Lynette Bertalli

16/11/2017 05:59:31 pm

The owner of an old pet emu is deceased so do I need a license to relocate him to my house

Nicole

11/6/2018 05:51:24 pm

You need a level 3 bird license for 2 years and you must have 1 hectare minimum for it to live on, usually it’s a wildlife park or zoo licence holder that would keep something like that

12/10/2020 10:44:27 am

yes you do, best to contact the department: https://www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/

Charlie

19/11/2017 03:54:59 pm

Hi, I'm not sure if I need a license for a parrotlet or if they are even legal. Thanks for your help!

12/10/2020 10:45:11 am

they are legal and no licence to keep

WILLIAM

27/7/2021 12:52:48 pm

im so cofused

6/12/2017 04:51:23 pm

Hi
Do i need license to keep Eclectus parrot in VIC ?

Anonymous

23/6/2020 07:31:43 am

No
It was on the list

Ben

14/12/2017 08:17:05 am

What bird can i pet without a license?

BJJ

20/1/2018 11:29:14 pm

I NEED LICENSE TO HAVE ONE RED TAIL COCKATOO????

darrenh link

19/4/2020 02:48:55 pm

do l need a license to have a red tail cockatoo

Liz

1/4/2018 05:28:11 pm

Do I need a license for -

indian ringneck

Black and god macaw

Cockatoo

If so which ones and how do I obtain them?

Allan

29/4/2018 02:59:33 pm

No license for macaw as its not an Australian native

Lynx

16/3/2021 06:31:55 am

does this also apply to blue macaws?

Ethan John Englart link

24/6/2018 09:05:07 am

Are you allowed to have a Indian ringneck without a license

Gary

31/8/2018 09:10:16 pm

Can I bring budgies and cockatiels from Tasmania to Victoria? Do I need any paperwork, quarantine or license?

Shell Wright

28/12/2018 11:13:53 pm

Why do you need licences for some Australian natives and not others in Victoria.
Major Mitchell mainly. They are my dream bird.

Kayla

22/9/2020 10:21:53 pm

Id say its due to conservation status or the general nature of the bird.

Aaron

13/3/2019 02:04:43 pm

Hi,

I will be travelling through Victoria with my two pet birds (a Scaly Breasted Lorikeet & a Sun Conure) via car.
They are both caged, hand raised birds that I bought from a Queensland Pet Shop.

I have been doing my research, however there is too much conflicting information. Could you please point me in the right direction, regarding what I need (health check certificate/permits) in order to travel through smoothly?

David Shepheard

26/5/2019 05:02:28 pm

Are crimson rosellas a licensed bird or no license required??

Benjamin Kelly

28/6/2019 04:11:26 am

Hi do you need a license for a blue and gold macaw in Victoria ?

Katrina

9/9/2019 11:25:21 am

Do you need a licence for kakariki parrots?

Trevor Wedding

27/9/2019 10:36:20 am

A customer bought a crimson Rosella in that hit a car and had a broken wing She has recovered and I wonder if I need a permit to keep her

Caitlyn

15/10/2019 10:32:32 am

Can you legally own an Australian King Parrot In Victoria (with or without a licence?)

Noah

17/3/2020 04:30:05 pm

Hi,
Will I need a license for a green cheeked conure?
Thanks

Jessica McCarthy

18/4/2020 01:49:05 pm

Do you need a license to own a blue fronted Amazon in Queensland please

J.Schutz link

16/7/2020 12:08:40 pm

There are 41 native bird species you can keep without a licence. You also don’t need a licence to keep exotic (non-native) bird species.

You can keep some native birds without a biodiversity conservation licence under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

Nadiah

19/7/2020 05:55:54 am

I saw a Gang Gang Cockatoo used for commercial entertainment purposes. Is this allowed in VIC?

Mahaveer

18/8/2020 11:39:59 pm

Does we need licence to keep budgies in India

24/8/2020 05:05:48 pm

Do I need some form of permit to free fly?

Martin Rennhackkamp

7/10/2020 05:24:41 pm

Am I allowed to keep a cockatoo in Victoria without a license and if not how do I get a license and what is the price for a license?

12/10/2020 10:47:15 am

depends on what cockatoo you are wanting to keep, best to contact https://www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/

DeAnne Richards

25/10/2020 10:37:06 pm

Hi do you need a licence for a blue and red Macaw and a Amazon in Victoria please

Arlene Nachlik

29/10/2020 11:49:17 am

Do pet shop owners in Victoria, Australia require a license to sell gouldian finches.

SusieQ

2/3/2021 04:27:58 pm

Hi guys, does anyone know whether you need a license or permit to keep Mandarin Ducks in Victoria?
I have have been getting conflicting information
Thank you

Thomas harrison

1/5/2021 07:16:24 pm

Just wondering if you need a licence to sell cockatoos

Shane

23/7/2021 11:39:52 pm

Hi, I recently found a young Sulphur Crested cockatoo on the Calder Highway and nursed him back to health, he is happy after six week, only a cockatoo, some guy on a website FB is trying to bate me in saying that I need to inform wildlife about this bird, is this true

Anthony

20/4/2022 06:28:43 pm

I'm interested in knowing if I need a licence in Vic for a macow parrot. I've been lucky enough to organising some for family pets I know all over the net is staying you don't need one but still I would like confirmation. If so where do I get it?

phil

3/5/2022 08:48:14 am

The Batwa paid the ultimate price to save gorillas. Do environmentalists care?
Which is more important: human beings or exotic species

by Mathew Otieno
Apr 13, 2022 / 3 mins / 8
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screenshot / Vice News 'Forced Out of the Forest: The Lost Tribe of Uganda'
The Batwa are a group of pygmy people who have lived in central Africa for millennia. Their homeland spreads across what is now Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Shorter in stature than other Africans, they dwell in highland rainforests, where they survive by hunting small game and foraging for plants.

They are among the last Africans to adopt Western customs. Hence they are often unfairly portrayed as primitive and uncultured. Worse, in many of the countries in which they live, in each of which they are a tiny minority, they have been systematically mistreated and underserved by governments.

One wrenching example of such mistreatment is the misery of the Batwa in Uganda. In this country, the Batwa used to live in three large forests in the southwest of the country: Bwindi, Mgahinga and Echuuya.

In 1991, nearly all of them were forcefully evicted, often at gunpoint by rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The three forests were designated as national parks to protect the endangered mountain gorillas who shared them with the Batwa. Never mind that the Batwa weren’t a direct threat to the gorillas or other endangered species.

Having never adopted formal systems of land ownership, the Batwa lacked title to their forests. Clearly taking advantage of this, the government of Uganda did not compensate them and abandoned them on the edges of the forests, with neither land nor the skills with which to make a living outside the forest.

In the years that followed, many of the Batwa died, threatening the survival of the tribe itself. Of those that survived, many fell into drug abuse, begging and prostitution. They soon had the highest HIV prevalence rate of any ethnic group in Uganda. This is exacerbated by limited access to healthcare and education. Only 10 percent of Batwa children in Uganda are in formal education.

Alongside these losses must be added the greater loss of contact with the home and legacy of their ancestors, which for most of the younger generation is now alien. The only legal way for a Mtwa (singular for Batwa) to enter the forest now is as a guide, on the so-called Batwa Experience at the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, in which they re-enact the ways of their ancestors for curious tourists.

The mountain gorillas of Uganda, on the other hand, have gone on to multiply. They now number over 400, accounting for nearly half of the over 1,000 now living in the wild. The species is no longer listed as critically endangered. The sacrifice of the Batwa people to the cause of great ape conservation has paid off.

The government of Uganda charges tourists up to US$700 to observe the gorillas in their habitat. Practically none of this money ends up in Batwa hands.

The Batwa of Uganda are conservation refugees, silent victims of a global movement to save biodiversity at all costs. So silent is their suffering that it rarely even makes the footnotes when the recovery of the mountain gorilla is celebrated. Betrayed by their government and activists, their only hope now rests in the pity and goodwill of their neighbours and some NGOs.

With such support, the Batwa filed a case against the government in 2011. Ten years later, in August 2021, a five-judge bench of Uganda’s constitutional court unanimously ruled that the evictions had been illegal and that the Batwa had been treated inhumanely. It ordered the government to pay the Batwa “fair and just compensation” within 12 months.

The government intends to appeal the ruling.

This was no small victory. It marked the first substantial recognition of the unjust suffering of the Batwa. However, it is not obvious what “fair and just compensation” would look like for a people evicted from their forest home more than 30 years ago. The only fair and just compensation would be to have never been evicted at all.

So many years later, many of those who were directly wronged no longer live. Even in the best of circumstances, temporal distance from the injustice would complicate any attempt at optimal redress. Further delays, including the appeal by the government, only make things worse. Justice delayed is justice denied.

What’s more, the restoration of the Batwa’s forest home seems to be out of the question. Many older Batwa seem to be reconciled to this. This is not only because of their despair at the intransigence of the government, but also because the younger generations are unlikely to adopt the ways of their ancestors. Their alienation cannot be undone.

In any case, whatever happens from here on, the suffering of the Batwa should be a lesson for the environmental movement. Th

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