Each State of Australia seems to have very different Licensing requirements. Below is a table of Native birds that can be kept in each State. These birds are exempt from requiring a license within each State only. Please check the list if you are looking to Import/Export from one State to another. (NB: These lists are also subject to change.)

Most Australian States and Territories have laws on the private keeping of exotic animals within their borders. Those laws set out the number of animals, types of animals, and conditions under which animals can be kept. Its also worthwhile checking out this link: EBAG

Click on the links below to go to the home page of the agency that regulates the keeping of exotic animals in your State or Territory:  · ACT    · NSW    · NT   · QLD   · SA    · TAS   · VIC   · WA

NEW SOUTH WALES   AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY   SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide Rosella Bar-shouldered Dove Blue-faced Parrot-finch Bourke's Parrot Brown Quail Budgerigar Cockatiel Common Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Diamond Dove Eastern Rosella Elegant Parrot Emerald Dove Galah Gouldian Hooded Parrot King Quail Little Button-quail Little Corella Long-billed Corella Musk Lorikeet Painted Button-quail Painted Finch Pale-headed Rosella Peaceful Dove Port Lincoln Parrot Princess Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Red-capped Parrot Red-collared Lorikeet Red-rumped Parrot Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Scarlet-chested Parrot Star Finch Stubble Quail Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Twenty-eight Parrot Western Corella Western Rosella Yellow Rosella Zebra Finch   Adelaide Rosella Bar-shouldered Dove Bleeding-heart Pigeon Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Bourke's Parrot Brown Quail Budgerigar Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Cockatiel Common Bronzewing Crested Pigeon Diamond Dove Eastern Rosella Eclectus parrot (all sub-species) Elegant Parrot Emerald Dove Galah Golden-shouldered Parrot Gouldian Finch Hooded Parrot King Quail Little Button-Quail Little Corella (Short-billed Corella) Long Billed Corella Long-tailed Finch Masked Finch Muscovy Duck Musk Lorikeet Painted Button-Quail Painted Finch Pale-headed Rosella Peaceful Dove Plum Headed Finch Port Lincoln Parrot Princess Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Red-collared Lorikeet Red-rumped Parrot Regent Parrot Rock Pigeon Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Scarlet-chested Parrot Star Finch Stubble Quail Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Turquoise Parrot Twenty-eight Parrot Western Corella Western Rosella White-headed Munia Yellow Rosella Zebra Finch   Bar-shouldered Dove Black-backed Magpie Bourke’s Parrot Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Cockatiel Common Bronze-wing Crested Pigeon Diamond Dove Double Bar (Black rump & White rump Species) Elegant Parrot Gouldian Finch Green winged Pigeon King Quail Little Wattlebird Long-billed Corella Long-tailed Finch (both sub-species) Murray Magpie Musk Lorikeet New Holland Honeyeater Noisy Miner Painted Finch Peaceful Dove Princess Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Red-collared Lorikeet Red-rumped Parrot Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Scarlet-chested Parrot Silver Gull Star Finch Stubble Quail Sulphur- crested Cockatoo Tasmanian Native Hen Turquoise Parrot Twenty-eight Parrot Western Corella White plumed honeyeater White-backed Magpie NORTHERN TERRITORY   QUEENSLAND   VICTORIA Bar-shouldered Dove Bourke’s Parrot Brown Quail Budgerigar Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Cockatiel Crested Pigeon Diamond Dove Double-barred Finch Galah King Quail Little Corella Long-Tailed Finch Northern Rosella Peaceful Dove Red-Collared Lorikeet Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo Zebra Finch   Bourke’s Parrot Brown Quail Budgerigar Cockatiel Diamond Dove Elegant Parrot Galah Gouldian Finch King Quail Little Corella Long-billed Corella Peaceful Dove Princess Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Red-rumped Parrot Scarlet-chested Parrot Star Finch Stubble Quail Sulphur-crested Cockatoo twenty-eight parrot Western Corella Zebra Finch   Blue-faced Finch Bourke's Parrot Brown Quail Budgerigar Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Cockatiel Diamond Dove Double-barred Finch Elegant Parrot Galah Gouldian Finch King Quail Little Corella Long-tailed Finch Painted Firetail Peaceful Dove Princess Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Red-rumped Parrot Scarlet-chested Parrot Star Finch Stubble Quail Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Turquoise Parrot Western Rosella Zebra Finch

WESTERN AUSTRALIA   TASMANIA In Western Australia there are a variety of Licenses to keep birds as pets?   The licence that is required, if at all, for keeping birds as pets will depend on the species and, in some cases, the numbers held. Some species are exempt Exempt  Birds that are common both in the wild (native species) and in aviculture. They are easy to keep and breed. Avicultural Licence   Relatively common and easy to keep birds.  Advanced Avicultural Licence Birds that are the subject of illegal activities; are difficult to keep and breed and/or are uncommon or threatened in the wild. Permit To Keep Declared Animals (Birds) Birds (mainly exotic) declared under the Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976. These are known to, or have the potential to be agricultural pests   Some birds will require both an (Advanced) Avicultural Licence and a Declared Bird Permit. See link for this list: http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/publications/doc_download/7414-declared-birds-list.html   Species that may be bought, sold or held without a Permit to Possess Wildlife. Cockatoo, Sulphur Crested Finch, Gouldian Lorikeet, Little Parrot, Golden-shouldered Parrot, Hooded Parrot, Princess Parrot, Regent (eastern ssp.) Parrot, Superb Quail, Stubble - NO IMPORT PERMITTED Can be held without a Permit to Possess Wildlife, BUT Requires import permit. Includes Native & Exotic Species due to a Permit still being required. Native: Buttonquail, Black-breasted Buttonquail, Red-chested Cockatoo, Cockatiel Dove, Bar-Shouldered Dove, Diamond Dove, Green-wing (Emerald) Dove, Peaceful Dove, Rose Crowned Fruit Finch, Black-throated Finch, Blue Faced Parrot Finch, Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin Finch, Crimson Finch, Diamond firetail Finch, Double Barred Finch, Emblema (Painted Firetail ) Finch, Longtail Grass Finch, Masked Finch, Pictorella Mannikin Finch, Plum Head Finch, Red-browed Firetail Finch, Star Finch, Yellow-rumped Mannikin / Munia Finch, Zebra Lorikeet, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted  Lorikeet, Varied Parrot, Australian King Alisterus scapularis Parrot, Bluebonnet Parrot, Bourke’s Parrot, Budgerigar Parrot, Cloncurry Parrot, Crimson-winged (red -winged) Parrot, Eclectus Parrot, Elegant Parrot, Mallee Ringneck Parrot, Mulga Parrot, Red-capped Parrot, Red-rumped Parrot, Regent Parrot, Ringneck Australian (Port Lincoln parrot) Parrot, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Turquoise Parrot, Twenty eight (28) Pigeon, Crested Pigeon, Flock Bronzewing Pigeon, Spinifex Pigeon, Squatter Pigeon, White-Fantailed (White-headed pigeon) Pigeon, Wonga Rosella, Adelaide - NO IMPORT PERMITTED Rosella, Blue Cheeked Rosella, Northern Rosella, Pale Headed Rosella, Western Rosella, Yellow - NO IMPORT PERMITTED   Can be held without a Permit to Possess Wildlife, BUT Requires import permit. Exotic: Canary Conure, Blue Throat Conure, Crimson Bellied Conure, Green Cheek Conure, Jenday Conure, Nanday Conure, Pearly Conure, Sun, Dove, Masked Dove, New Guinea ground Dove, Ruddy Ground (Talpacoti) Dove, Senegal Dove, Turtle Dove, White Barbary Finch , Tanimbar (Tricoloured Parrotfinch) Finch, Aberdeen Finch, Aurora (Red-winged Pytilia) Finch, Bengalise Mannikin  (Society Finch) Finch, Black Headed Siskin Finch, Black-headed Nun Finch, Blue-Capped  Cordonbleu Finch, Cordon Bleu (red cheeked Cordonbleu) Finch, Cuban Finch, Cut Throat Finch, European Goldfinch Finch, European Green. Finch, Green Singing Finch, Green Strawberry (Green Avadavat) Finch, Greenfinch Oriental (Grey-capped Greenfinch) Finch, Grey Finch, Indian Silver Bill Finch, Jacarini (Blue-black Grassquit) Finch, Java Sparrow Finch, Javan Munia Finch, Melba (Green-winged Pytilia) Finch, Orange Breasted  Waxbill (Zebra Waxbill) Finch, Orange Cheeked Waxbill Finch, Pelzen Saffron (Saffron finch subspecies) Finch, Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Finch, Red Faced Parrot Finch, Red Strawberry (Red Avadavat, Red Munia) Finch, Red-billed Fire Finch (Ruddy) Finch, Red-Faced Pytilia Finch, Rufous Back Mannikin Finch, Saint Helena Waxbill Finch, Silver Headed Nun Finch, Yellow Siskin (Eurasian Siskin) Lorikeet, Red-chinned Lory, Dusky Pseudeos fuscata Lovebird, Fisher’s Lovebird, Masked Lovebird, Peach-faced Macaw, Blue-and- Macaw, Green Wing (Red and green macaw) Macaw, Hahns ( Red-shouldered Macaw) Macaw, Scarlet Parakeet, Alexandrine (and all subspecies) Parakeet, Derbyan Parakeet, Moustached Parakeet, Red fronted (Kakariki) Parakeet, Slaty-headed Parrot King, Moluccan Parrot, Grey African Parrot, Malabar Parrot, Plum-headed Partridge (rock partridge) Pheasant, Amherst  (Lady Amherst's Pheasant) Pheasant, Golden (Chinese pheasant) Pheasant, Kalij Pheasant, Ring-necked  (Common pheasant) Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Swinhoe (Swinhoe's pheasant) Pigeon, Bleeding-heart Pigeon, Egyptian Swift Quail, King (Asian Blue Quail, Chinese Painted Quail) Siskin, Red Hooded Sparrow, Golden song, Weaver Madagascan incl Red Fody Weaver, Grenadier Weaver, Napolean Weaver, Orange Bishop Weaver, Red Bishop, Whydah, Pin Tailed Whydah, Red shouldered (fan tailed whydah, Red-shouldered Widowbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird)

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