New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL ACT 2002 - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3 – Game animals

(Section 5)

Part 1 - Non-indigenous game animals (licence required to hunt on public or private land)

Birds

Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus)
California Quail (Lophortyx callipepla californicus)
Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris)
Partridge (Alectors alectoris chukar)
Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Pheasant (Phasiniacus phasianus colchicus)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Part 1A - Native game birds (licence required to hunt on private land)

Note : Additions or omissions to the following list of native game birds may only be made by Act of Parliament and not by Ministerial order under section 5.

Ducks

Australian Shelduck or Mountain Duck (Tadorna tadornoides)
Australian Wood Duck or Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Black Duck or Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Blue-winged Shoveler or Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Grass Whistling Duck or Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
Hardhead Duck or White-eyed Duck (Aythya australis)
Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
Water Whistling Duck, Wandering Whistling Duck or Whistling or Wandering Tree Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)

Quails

Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)

Pigeons

Common Bronzewing Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Part 2 - Non-indigenous animals (licence required to hunt on public land only)

Note : A game hunting licence is not required for hunting the animals listed in this Part on private land, and accordingly is only required if the animals are living in the wild on public land--see section 17.

Cat
Dog (other than dingo)
Goat
Fox
Hare
Rabbit
Pig
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common or Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Deer (Family cervidae)