New Mexico § 17-2-13 - Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 17-2-13 — Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-2-13. Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, ensnare or trap for the purpose of killing
or in any other manner to injure or destroy any songbird, or birds whose principal
food consists of insects, comprising all the species and varieties of birds represented
by the several families of bluebirds, including the western and mountain bluebirds;
also bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees, cuckoos, which includes the chaparral bird or
roadrunner (Geococcyx novo mexicanus), flickers, flycatchers, grosbeaks, humming birds,
kinglets, martins, meadowlarks, nighthawks or bull bats, nuthatches, orioles, robins,
shrikes, swallows, swifts, tanagers, titmice, thrushes, vireos, warblers, waxwings,
whippoorwills, woodpeckers, wrens, and all other perching birds which feed entirely
or chiefly on insects. This section does not prohibit the killing of such birds for scientific purposes
under permits from the department of game and fish.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About New Mexico § 17-2-13
What does New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 17-2-13 cover?
Section 17-2-13 ("Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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