The purpose of the Act is to promote the conservation of exotic birds by:   assisting wild bird conservation and management programs in the countries of origin of wild birds; ensuring that trade in species of exotic birds involving the U.S. is biologically sustainable and is not detrimental to the species; limiting or prohibiting imports of exotic birds when necessary to ensure that wild exotic bird populations are not harmed by removal of exotic birds from the wild for trade, or exotic birds in trade are not subject to inhumane treatment; encouraging and supporting effective implementation of the Convention. § 4902.

Selected Definitions. Convention:  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Exotic bird:  any live or dead member of the class aves that is not indigenous to the 50 states or the District of Columbia, including any egg or offspring thereof, and does not include (i) domestic poultry, dead sport-hunted birds, dead museum specimens, dead scientific specimens, or products manufactured from such birds, or (ii) birds in the families phasianidae, numididae, cracidae, meleagrididae, megapodiidae, antidae, struthionidae, rheidae, dromaiinae, and gruidae. Import and importation:  to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

 Person:  any entity subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Qualifying facility:  an exotic bird breeding facility that is included in a list published by the Secretary under the Act. Secretary:  the Secretary of the Interior or a designee. Species:  a species, subspecies, or distinct population segment of a species or subspecies, including hybrids of a species or subspecies. U.S.:  the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. § 4903.