[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 83 (Monday, May 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 23422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09250]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0048; FXMB 12320900000//212//FF09M22000]


List of Bird Species to Which the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Does 
Not Apply; Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are correcting our 
April 16, 2020, notice that published an amended list of the nonnative 
bird species that have been introduced by humans into the United States 
or U.S. territories and to which the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) 
does not apply. That list erroneously included one bird species, 
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), that is covered by the MBTA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric L. Kershner, Chief, Branch of 
Conservation, Permits, and Regulations; Division of Migratory Bird 
Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; MS: MB; 5275 Leesburg Pike, 
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; (703) 358-2376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 2020, we published two 
documents in the Federal Register:
    1. A final rule revising the regulations in title 50 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) at Sec.  10.13 (50 CFR 10.13) that sets forth 
the List of Migratory Birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act 
(MBTA; 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) (85 FR 21282; 2020-06779); and
    2. A notice publishing an amended list of the nonnative bird 
species that have been introduced by humans into the United States or 
U.S. territories and to which the MBTA does not apply (85 FR 21262; 
2020-06782).
    One bird species, European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), was 
erroneously included in both published documents. In the final rule 
revising the regulations in 50 CFR 10.13, we determined that European 
Robin (Erithacus rubecula) is covered by the MBTA. See 85 FR 21282. 
Thus, the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) correctly appears in the 
List of Migratory Birds protected by the MBTA at 50 CFR 10.13. This 
species should not have been included in the April 16, 2020, notice 
published at 85 FR 21262. Therefore, with this document, we correct the 
April 16, 2020, notice to remove the entry ``European Robin, Erithacus 
rubecula'' under Family Muscicapidae from the list of nonnative, human-
introduced bird species to which the MBTA does not apply.

Authority

    The authority for this notice is the Migratory Bird Treaty Reform 
Act of 2004 (Division E, Title I, Sec. 143 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005; Pub. L. 108-447), and the Migratory Bird 
Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712).

Signing Authority

    The Assistant Director, Migratory Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign 
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service. Jerome Ford, Assistant Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, approved this document on April 28, 2021, for 
publication.

Madonna Baucum,
Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of Policy, Economics, Risk 
Management, and Analytics, Joint Administrative Operations, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-09250 Filed 4-30-21; 8:45 am]
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