Last updated April 2023
Link to state website
Contact
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Customer Service Section
1707 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1700
Phone: 1-888-248-6834 or 919 707- 0391
Is a state permit needed for banding?
Yes. Although neither the statute nor the regulation defines “collection” but the regulation specifically includes manner of take and the application form includes bird banding.
Permit application forms
- Application Form
- Salvage – same form (specify that you intend to salvage)
- Renewal – same form
- Threatened and Endangered
State lands
Included on the application form.
Prior notice
Check permit conditions. Even if not expressly required to do so, you should always contact the manager of that particular state land unit or with the owner of private land before your arrival. You want to be aware of the hunting seasons, and, of course want to be sure that your activities will not interfere with the activities of that park, wildlife management area, or other state land unit, and that your activities will not adversely affect public use of the land or with the activities of private landowners.
Policies
Statute: North Carolina General Statutes. Chapter 113. Conservation and Development.
Regulation: North Carolina Administrative Code 15A NCAC 10B .0119 WILDLIFE COLLECTORS
North Carolina state endangered species law
Regulation: North Carolina Administrative Code. Title 15A. Environmental Quality.
Subchapter 101. Threatened and Endangered Species. 15A NCAC 10I .0102 PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED/THREATENED/SPECIAL CONCERN
Endangered
American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
Kirtland’s warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus circumcinctus)
Red cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Threatened
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica aranea)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Species of special concern
American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Bachman’s sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis)
Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Brown creeper (Certhia americana nigrescens)
Cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
Henslow’s sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Least tern (Sterna antillarum)
Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)
Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Wilson’s plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius appalachiensis)