List of U.S. state birds

This is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state's legislature. The selection of state birds began in 1927, when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds. The last state to choose its bird was Arizona in 1973. Alaska, California, and South Dakota permit hunting of their state birds. Pennsylvania has adopted a "state game bird" but not a state bird, while Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee have designated an additional "state game bird" for the purpose of hunting. The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. Several states have extinct official animals, such as state dinosaurs in addition to extant state birds, state insects, state butterflies, state mammals, state reptiles, state marine mammals, etc.

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State	State bird	Binomial nomenclature	Year
Alabama	Northern flicker (Yellowhammer) (state bird)	Colaptes auratus	1927^[1]
Alabama	Wild turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo	1980^[2]
Alaska	Willow ptarmigan	Lagopus lagopus	1955^[3]
Arizona	Cactus wren	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus	1973^[4]
Arkansas	Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	1929^[5]
California	California quail	Callipepla californica	1931^[6]
Colorado	Lark bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys	1931^[7]
Connecticut	American robin	Turdus migratorius	1943^[8]
Delaware	Delaware Blue Hen	Gallus gallus	1939^[9]
Florida	Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	1927^[10]
Georgia	Brown thrasher (state bird)	Toxostoma rufum	1928^[11]
Georgia	Bobwhite quail (state game bird)	Colinus virginianus	1970^[12]
Hawaii	Nēnē or Hawaiian goose	Branta sandvicensis	1957^[13]
Idaho	Mountain bluebird	Sialia currucoides	1931^[14]
Illinois	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1929^[15]
Indiana	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1933^[16]
Iowa	Eastern goldfinch aka American goldfinch	Spinus tristis	1933^[17]
Kansas	Western meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	1933^[18]
Kentucky	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1942^[19]
Louisiana	Brown pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	1966^[20]
Maine	Black-capped chickadee	Poecile atricapilla	1927^[21]
Maryland	Baltimore oriole	Icterus galbula	1947^[22]
Massachusetts	Black-capped chickadee (state bird)	Poecile atricapilla	1941^[23]
Massachusetts	Wild turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo	1991^[24]
Michigan	American robin	Turdus migratorius	1931^[25]
Minnesota	Common loon	Gavia immer	1961^[26]
Mississippi	Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	1944^[27]
Mississippi	Wood duck (state waterfowl)	Aix sponsa	1974^[28]
Missouri	Eastern bluebird	Sialia sialis	1927^[29]
Missouri	Bobwhite quail (state game bird)	Colinus virginianus	2007^[30]
Montana	Western meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	1941^[31]
Nebraska	Western meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	1929^[32]
Nevada	Mountain bluebird	Sialia currucoides	1967^[33]
New Hampshire	Purple finch	Carpodacus purpureus	1957^[34]
New Jersey	Eastern goldfinch	Spinus tristis	1935^[35]
New Mexico	Roadrunner aka greater roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus	1949^[36]
New York	Eastern bluebird	Sialia sialis	1970^[37]
North Carolina	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1943^[38]
North Dakota	Western meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	1970^[39]
Ohio	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1933^[40]
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus	1951^[41]
Oklahoma	Wild turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo	1990^[42]
Oregon	Western meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	1927^[43]
Pennsylvania	Ruffed grouse (state game bird)	Bonasa umbellus	1931^[44]
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red	Gallus gallus	1954^[45]
South Carolina	Northern mockingbird (former state bird)	Mimus polyglottos	1939 - 1948^[46]
	Carolina wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	1948^[46]
	Wild turkey (state wild game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo	1976^[47]
South Dakota	Ring-necked pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	1943^[48]
Tennessee	Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	1933^[49]
Tennessee	Bobwhite quail (state wild game bird)	Colinus virginianus	1987^[50]
Texas	Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	1927^[51]
Utah	California gull	Larus californicus	1955^[52]
Vermont	Hermit thrush	Catharus guttatus	1941^[53]
Virginia	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1950^[54]
Washington	Willow goldfinch A.K.A American goldfinch	Spinus tristis	1951^[55]
West Virginia	Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	1949^[56]
Wisconsin	American robin	Turdus migratorius	1949^[57]
Wyoming	Western meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	1927^[58]

D.C. & U.S. Territories	State bird	Binomial nomenclature	Year
District of Columbia	Wood thrush	Hylocichla mustelina	1938^[59]
Guam	Guam rail	Gallirallus owstoni	?
Northern Mariana Islands	Mariana fruit-dove	Ptilinopus roseicapilla	?
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican spindalis	Spindalis portoricensis	?
U.S. Virgin Islands	Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola	1970

References[edit]

^ "Alabama State Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
^ "Official Alabama Game Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symb and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
^ "Alaska State Bird". Alaska History, Geography, Population and State Facts. Fact Monster.
^ "Arizona State Bird". Arizona State Bird- Cactus Wren. 50 States.
^ "Arkansas State Bird". Arkansas State Bird- Mockingbird. About.
^ "California State Bird". California State Bird- California Quail. 50 States.
^ "Colorado State Bird". Colorado State Bird- Lark Bunting. About.
^ "Connecticut State Bird". The State Bird. State of Connecticut.
^ "Delaware State Bird". California State Bird- Blue Hen Chicken. 50 States.
^ "Florida State Bird". Florida State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.
^ "Georgia State Bird". Georgia State Bird Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum. Netstate.
^ "Georgia Secretary of State - State Game Bird". Georgia Secretary of State. State of Georgia.
^ "Hawaii State Bird". The Nene Goose- Branta Sandvicensis-Hawaii's State Bird. Aloha-Hawaii.
^ "Idaho State Bird". Georgia State Bird Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides. Netstate.
^ "State Symbols". State of Illinois. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "Indiana State Bird". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "Iowa State Bird". Iowa State Bird Eastern Goldfinch Carduelis tristis. Netstate.
^ "Kansas State Bird". Kansas State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.
^ "Kentucky State Bird". Kentucky's State Bird: The Cardinal. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on 2010-03-18.
^ "Louisiana State Bird". Louisiana State Bird: Brown Pelican. SHG Resources.
^ "Maine State Bird". Maine State Bird, the Chickadee. Wells Maine.
^ "Maryland State Bird". Louisiana State Bird Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula. Netstate.
^ "Massachusetts State Bird". Massachusetts State Bird: Chickadee. SHG Resources.
^ CIS: State Symbols
^ "Michigan State Bird". Michigan State Bird American Robin Turdus migratorius. Netstate.
^ "Minnesota State Bird". Minnesota State Bird Common Loon Gavia immer. Netstate.
^ "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.
^ "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.
^ "Missouri State Bird". Missouri State Bird: Bluebird. SHG Resources.
^ "HOUSE BILL NO. 576" (PDF). HOUSE BILL NO. 576 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. State of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02.
^ "Montana State Bird". Michigan State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.
^ "Nebraska State Bird". Nebraska State Bird: Bluebird. SHG Resources.
^ "Nevada State Bird". Nevada State Bird, mountain bluebird. Val-U-Corp Services, Inc.
^ "New Hampshire State Bird". New Hampshire State Bird: Purple Finch. SHG Resources.
^ "New Jersey State Bird". NJ Senate No. 241. NJ Home.
^ "New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner". New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus. 50states.com.
^ "New York State Bird". New York State Bird Bluebird Sialia sialis. Netstate.
^ "North Carolina State Bird". Cardinal- North Carolina State Bird. NC Department of State.
^ "North Dakota State Bird". North Dakota State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.
^ "Ohio State Bird". Ohio's State Bird- The Cardinal. Ohio History Central.
^ "Oklahoma State Bird". Oklahoma State bird. Birds of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2008-02-19.
^ "Oklahoma State Game Bird". Official State Game Birds. NSTATE, LLC.
^ "Oregon State Bird". Oregon State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.
^ "Pennsylvania State Game Bird". Official State Game Birds. NSTATE, LLC.
^ "Rhode Island State Bird". Rhode Island State Bird: Rhode Island Red. SHG Resources.
^ ^a ^b "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems, State Bird". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems, State Wild Game Bird". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
^ "South Dakota State Bird". South Dakota State Bird Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus. Netstate.
^ "Tennessee State Bird". Tennessee State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.
^ "Tennessee State Symbols". Tennessee State General Assembly.
^ "Texas State Bird". The Texas State Bird: Mockingbird. Lone Star Junction.
^ "Utah State Bird". Utah State Bird California Gull Larus californicus. Netstate.
^ "Vermont State Bird". Vermont State Bird- Hermit Thrush. About.
^ "Virginia State Bird". NetState. 2005-04-17. Retrieved 2007-04-06. External link in |work= (help)
^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
^ "West Virginia State Bird". Netstate.
^ "Wisconsin State Bird". Wisconsin State Bird: Robin. SHG Resources.
^ "Wyoming State Bird". Wyoming State Bird: Robin. State of Wyoming. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10.
^ "District of Columbia State Bird". Washington DC State Symbols. 50 States.

External links[edit]

[1] "Alabama State Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-18.

[2] "Official Alabama Game Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symb and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2007-03-18.

[3] "Alaska State Bird". Alaska History, Geography, Population and State Facts. Fact Monster.

[4] "Arizona State Bird". Arizona State Bird- Cactus Wren. 50 States.

[5] "Arkansas State Bird". Arkansas State Bird- Mockingbird. About.

[6] "California State Bird". California State Bird- California Quail. 50 States.

[7] "Colorado State Bird". Colorado State Bird- Lark Bunting. About.

[8] "Connecticut State Bird". The State Bird. State of Connecticut.

[9] "Delaware State Bird". California State Bird- Blue Hen Chicken. 50 States.

[10] "Florida State Bird". Florida State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.

[11] "Georgia State Bird". Georgia State Bird Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum. Netstate.

[12] "Georgia Secretary of State - State Game Bird". Georgia Secretary of State. State of Georgia.

[13] "Hawaii State Bird". The Nene Goose- Branta Sandvicensis-Hawaii's State Bird. Aloha-Hawaii.

[14] "Idaho State Bird". Georgia State Bird Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides. Netstate.

[15] "State Symbols". State of Illinois. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[16] "Indiana State Bird". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[17] "Iowa State Bird". Iowa State Bird Eastern Goldfinch Carduelis tristis. Netstate.

[18] "Kansas State Bird". Kansas State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.

[19] "Kentucky State Bird". Kentucky's State Bird: The Cardinal. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on 2010-03-18.

[20] "Louisiana State Bird". Louisiana State Bird: Brown Pelican. SHG Resources.

[21] "Maine State Bird". Maine State Bird, the Chickadee. Wells Maine.

[22] "Maryland State Bird". Louisiana State Bird Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula. Netstate.

[23] "Massachusetts State Bird". Massachusetts State Bird: Chickadee. SHG Resources.

[24] CIS: State Symbols

[25] "Michigan State Bird". Michigan State Bird American Robin Turdus migratorius. Netstate.

[26] "Minnesota State Bird". Minnesota State Bird Common Loon Gavia immer. Netstate.

[27] "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.

[28] "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.

[29] "Missouri State Bird". Missouri State Bird: Bluebird. SHG Resources.

[30] "HOUSE BILL NO. 576" (PDF). HOUSE BILL NO. 576 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. State of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02.

[31] "Montana State Bird". Michigan State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.

[32] "Nebraska State Bird". Nebraska State Bird: Bluebird. SHG Resources.

[33] "Nevada State Bird". Nevada State Bird, mountain bluebird. Val-U-Corp Services, Inc.

[34] "New Hampshire State Bird". New Hampshire State Bird: Purple Finch. SHG Resources.

[35] "New Jersey State Bird". NJ Senate No. 241. NJ Home.

[36] "New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner". New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus. 50states.com.

[37] "New York State Bird". New York State Bird Bluebird Sialia sialis. Netstate.

[38] "North Carolina State Bird". Cardinal- North Carolina State Bird. NC Department of State.

[39] "North Dakota State Bird". North Dakota State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.

[40] "Ohio State Bird". Ohio's State Bird- The Cardinal. Ohio History Central.

[41] "Oklahoma State Bird". Oklahoma State bird. Birds of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2008-02-19.

[42] "Oklahoma State Game Bird". Official State Game Birds. NSTATE, LLC.

[43] "Oregon State Bird". Oregon State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.

[44] "Pennsylvania State Game Bird". Official State Game Birds. NSTATE, LLC.

[45] "Rhode Island State Bird". Rhode Island State Bird: Rhode Island Red. SHG Resources.

[scbird-46] "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems, State Bird". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

[47] "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems, State Wild Game Bird". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

[48] "South Dakota State Bird". South Dakota State Bird Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus. Netstate.

[49] "Tennessee State Bird". Tennessee State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.

[50] "Tennessee State Symbols". Tennessee State General Assembly.

[51] "Texas State Bird". The Texas State Bird: Mockingbird. Lone Star Junction.

[52] "Utah State Bird". Utah State Bird California Gull Larus californicus. Netstate.

[53] "Vermont State Bird". Vermont State Bird- Hermit Thrush. About.

[54] "Virginia State Bird". NetState. 2005-04-17. Retrieved 2007-04-06. External link in |work= (help)

[55] "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

[56] "West Virginia State Bird". Netstate.

[57] "Wisconsin State Bird". Wisconsin State Bird: Robin. SHG Resources.

[58] "Wyoming State Bird". Wyoming State Bird: Robin. State of Wyoming. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10.

[59] "District of Columbia State Bird". Washington DC State Symbols. 50 States.

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