Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 25 - FALCONRY AND RAPTOR PROPAGATION REGULATION
Section 25-9 - Banding, Tagging or Implanting Micro-chips in Raptors Used in Falconry

(a) When flown free, a hybrid raptor shall have at least two (2) attached radio transmitters to help locate it.

(b) A captive-bred raptor shall be banded with a seamless metal band in accordance with 50 CFR 21.30, revised as of October 1, 2018, and which does not include any later amendments of the incorporated matter. If a seamless band is removed or lost, within ten (10) days from the day it is removed or noted missing, the permittee shall report it and request a replacement U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service nonreusable band from the Department. The permittee shall submit the required information electronically immediately upon rebanding or micro-chipping the raptor in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ePermit System or by submitting Service Form 3-186A to the Department. The permittee shall replace a band that is removed or lost, or may implant an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) compliant (134.2 kHz) microchip in the raptor and report the microchip information in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ePermit System or by submitting Service Form 3-186A to the Department. A copy of 50 CFR Part 21.30 can be viewed at any Department Regional Office or the Headquarters Office.

(c) A permittee shall not band a raptor removed from the wild with a seamless numbered band.

(d) Any wild caught northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), peregrine falcon or gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) possessed must be banded with a permanent, nonreusable, numbered U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leg band that the Department will supply. A permittee may purchase and implant an ISO-compliant (134.2 kHz) microchip in the raptor in addition to the band. Contact the Department for information on obtaining and disposing of bands. Permittees may request bands from the Department in advance of any effort to capture a raptor.

(e) If the band must be removed or is lost from a raptor obtained from the wild it shall be reported within five (5) days to the Department and the permittee shall then do at least one of the following:

(f) Permittees shall not alter, deface or use counterfeit bands. The rear tab on a band may be removed, and surface imperfections may be smoothed if it does not affect the integrity of the band or the numbering on it.

(g) If a permittee documents health or injury problems for a raptor that are caused by the band, the Department may provide an exemption to the banding requirement for that raptor. In that case, the permittee shall possess a copy of the exemption paperwork when transporting or flying the raptor. If the raptor is a wild northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), or gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) the band must be replaced with an ISO-compliant (134.2 kHz) microchip that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will supply. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not provide a microchip for a wild northern goshawk, Harris's hawk, peregrine falcon, or gyrfalcon unless a permittee demonstrates that a band caused an injury or health problem for the raptor.