NAC503.045. Game birds: Upland and migratory.

Game birds are classified as:

     1. Upland game birds, which include:

	Common Name	Scientific Name
(a) Grouse	Blue...........................................	Dendragapus obscurus
	Ruffed......................................	Bonasa umbellus
	Sage..........................................	Centrocercus urophasianus
	Sharp-tailed...............................	Tympanuchus phasianellus
(b) Partridge	Chukar......................................	Alectoris chukar
	Gray (Hungarian)......................	Perdix perdix
	Snow.........................................	Tetrogallus himalayensis
(c) Pheasant	Ring-necked..............................	Phasianus colchicus
	White-wing...............................	Phasianus colchicus
(d) Quail	Northern Bobwhite...................	Colinus virginianus
	California..................................	Callipepla californicus
	Gambel’s...................................	Callipepla gambelii
	Mountain...................................	Oreortyx pictus
	Scaled.......................................	Callipepla squamata
(e) Turkey	Wild..........................................	Meleagris gallopavo
(f) Crow	American...................................	Corvus brachyrhynchos

     2. Migratory game birds, which include all species of game birds listed in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 703 et seq., including the families Anatidae (wild ducks, geese, brants and swans), Columbidae (wild doves and pigeons), Gruidae (sandhill cranes), Rallidae (rails, coots and gallinules) and Scolopacidae (woodcocks and snipes).

     [Bd. of Fish & Game Comm’rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69; A 10-1-76]—(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 9-19-90; R199-97, 5-27-98; R133-04, 10-28-2004)