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50 CFR §92.22

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You may harvest birds or gather eggs from the following species, listed in taxonomic order, within all included areas except where region-specific harvest restrictions apply as set forth in § 92.31. When birds are listed at the species level, all subspecies existing in Alaska are also open to harvest. All bird species not listed are closed to harvesting and egg gathering.
  1. (a)Family Anatidae.
    1. (1)Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens).
    2. (2)Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons).
    3. (3)Brant (Branta bernicla)—except no egg gathering is permitted in the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta and the North Slope regions.
    4. (4)Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)—except in the Semidi Islands.
    5. (5)Canada Goose (Branta canadensis).
    6. (6)Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)—except in Units 9(D) and 10.
    7. (7)Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors).
    8. (8)Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata).
    9. (9)Gadwall (Mareca strepera).
    10. (10)Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope).
    11. (11)American Wigeon (Mareca americana).
    12. (12)Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).
    13. (13)Northern Pintail (Anas acuta).
    14. (14)Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca).
    15. (15)Canvasback (Aythya valisineria).
    16. (16)Redhead (Aythya americana).
    17. (17)Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris).
    18. (18)Greater Scaup (Aythya marila).
    19. (19)Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis).
    20. (20)King Eider (Somateria spectabilis).
    21. (21)Common Eider (Somateria mollissima).
    22. (22)Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus).
    23. (23)Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
    24. (24)White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi).
    25. (25)Black Scoter (Melanitta americana).
    26. (26)Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis).
    27. (27)Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola).
    28. (28)Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula).
    29. (29)Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica).
    30. (30)Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).
    31. (31)Common Merganser (Mergus merganser).
    32. (32)Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator).
  2. (b)Family Podicipedidae.
    1. (1)Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus).
    2. (2)Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena).
  3. (c)Family Gruidae.
    1. (1)Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis).
    2. (2)[Reserved]
  4. (d)Family Haematopodidae.
    1. (1)Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani).
    2. (2)[Reserved]
  5. (e)Family Charadriidae.
    1. (1)Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola).
    2. (2)Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula).
  6. (f)Family Scolopacidae.
    1. (1)Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica).
    2. (2)Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres).
    3. (3)Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata).
    4. (4)Dunlin (Calidris alpina).
    5. (5)Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii).
    6. (6)Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla).
    7. (7)Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla).
    8. (8)Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri).
    9. (9)Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus).
    10. (10)Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago).
    11. (11)Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata).
    12. (12)Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius).
    13. (13)Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes).
    14. (14)Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca).
    15. (15)Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus).
    16. (16)Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius).
  7. (g)Family Stercorariidae.
    1. (1)Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus).
    2. (2)Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus).
    3. (3)Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus).
  8. (h)Family Alcidae.
    1. (1)Common Murre (Uria aalge).
    2. (2)Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia).
    3. (3)Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle).
    4. (4)Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba).
    5. (5)Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus).
    6. (6)Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula).
    7. (7)Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla).
    8. (8)Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea).
    9. (9)Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella).
    10. (10)Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata).
    11. (11)Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata).
    12. (12)Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata).
      1. (i)Family Laridae.
        1. (1)Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla).
        2. (2)Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris).
        3. (3)Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea).
        4. (4)Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini).
        5. (5)Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia).
        6. (6)Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus).
        7. (7)Herring Gull (Larus argentatus).
        8. (8)Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus).
        9. (9)Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens).
        10. (10)Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus).
        11. (11)Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus).
        12. (12)Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea).
  9. (j)Family Gaviidae.
    1. (1)Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata).
    2. (2)Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica).
    3. (3)Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica).
    4. (4)Common Loon (Gavia immer).
    5. (5)Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)—In the North Slope Region only, a total of up to 20 yellow-billed loons inadvertently caught in fishing nets may be kept for subsistence purposes.
  10. (k)Family Procellariidae.
    1. (1)Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
    2. (2)[Reserved]
  11. (l)Family Phalacrocoracidae.
    1. (1)Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum).
    2. (2)Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus).
  12. (m)Family Strigidae.
    1. (1)Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus).
    2. (2)Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus).