# Migratory Bird Permits; Removal of Yellow-billed Magpie and Other Revisions to Depredation Order
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2014-11-05 · Effective 2014-12-05 · 79 FR 65595
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-26270
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 65595
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 21
- **Publication date:** 2014-11-05
- **Effective date:** 2014-12-05
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0027
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), change the regulations governing control of depredating blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, crows, and magpies. The yellow-billed magpie (Pica nuttalli) is endemic to California and has suffered substantial population declines. It is a species of conservation concern. We remove the species from the depredation order. A depredation permit will be necessary to control the species. We also narrow the application of the regulation from protection of any wildlife to protection of species recognized by the Federal Government, a State, or a Tribe as an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, or a species of special concern. We add conditions for live trapping, which are new to the regulation. Finally, we refine the reporting requirement to gather data more useful in assessing actions under the order.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/11/05/2014-26270/migratory-bird-permits-removal-of-yellow-billed-magpie-and-other-revisions-to-depredation-order)
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