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, South Dakota, and Pennsylvania permit hunting of their state birds, while Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Tennessee have designated an additional "state game bird" for 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 state dinosaurs in addition to state birds, similarly to states with both a state insect and butterfly, or state mammal and horse.
Contents
Table
State | State bird | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Northern flicker (Yellowhammer) (state bird) |
Colaptes auratus | ![]() |
1927[1] |
Wild turkey (state game bird) |
Meleagris gallopavo | ![]() |
1980[2] | |
Alaska | Willow ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | ![]() |
1955[3] |
Arizona | Cactus wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus |
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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] |
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 | 120px | 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] |
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] |
Wood duck (state waterfowl) |
Aix sponsa | ![]() |
1974[28] | |
Missouri | Eastern bluebird | Sialia sialis | ![]() |
1927[29] |
Montana | Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 120px | 1941[30] |
Nebraska | Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 120px | 1929[31] |
Nevada | Mountain bluebird | Sialia currucoides | ![]() |
1967[32] |
New Hampshire | Purple finch | Carpodacus purpureus | ![]() |
1957[33] |
New Jersey | Eastern goldfinch | Spinus tristis | ![]() |
1935[34] |
New Mexico | Roadrunner aka greater roadrunner |
Geococcyx californianus | ![]() |
1949[35] |
New York | Eastern bluebird | Sialia sialis | ![]() |
1970[36] |
North Carolina | Northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1943[37] |
North Dakota | Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 120px | 1970[38] |
Ohio | Northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1933[39] |
Oklahoma | Scissor-tailed flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | 1951[40] | |
Wild turkey[41] (state game bird) |
Meleagris gallopavo | ![]() |
? | |
Oregon | Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 120px | 1927[42] |
Pennsylvania | Ruffed grouse | Bonasa umbellus | ![]() |
1931[43] |
Rhode Island | Rhode Island Red | Gallus gallus | ![]() |
1954[44] |
South Carolina | Northern mockingbird (former state bird) |
Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1939 - 1948[45] |
Carolina wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | ![]() |
1948[45] | |
Wild turkey (state wild game bird) |
Meleagris gallopavo | ![]() |
1976[46] | |
South Dakota | Ring-necked pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ![]() |
1943[47] |
Tennessee | Northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1933[48] |
Bobwhite quail (state wild game bird) |
Colinus virginianus | ![]() |
1987[49] | |
Texas | Northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1927[50] |
Utah | California gull | Larus californicus | ![]() |
1955[51] |
Vermont | Hermit thrush | Catharus guttatus | ![]() |
1941[52] |
Virginia | Northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1950[53] |
Washington | Willow goldfinch A.K.A American goldfinch |
Spinus tristis | ![]() |
1951[54] |
West Virginia | Northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1949[55] |
Wisconsin | American robin | Turdus migratorius | ![]() |
1949[56] |
Wyoming | Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 120px | 1927[57] |
D.C. & U.S. Territories | State bird | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
District of Columbia | Wood thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | ![]() |
1938[58] |
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
- ↑ "Alabama State Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-18.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Official Alabama Game Bird". Alabama Emblems, Symb and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2007-03-18.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Alaska State Bird". Alaska History, Geography, Population and State Facts. Fact Monster.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Arizona State Bird". Arizona State Bird- Cactus Wren. 50 States.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Arkansas State Bird". Arkansas State Bird- Mockingbird. About.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "California State Bird". California State Bird- California Quail. 50 States.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Colorado State Bird". Colorado State Bird- Lark Bunting. About.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Connecticut State Bird". The State Bird. State of Connecticut.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Delaware State Bird". California State Bird- Blue Hen Chicken. 50 States.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Florida State Bird". Florida State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Georgia State Bird". Georgia State Bird Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ "Hawaii State Bird". The Nene Goose- Branta Sandvicensis-Hawaii's State Bird. Aloha-Hawaii.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Idaho State Bird". Georgia State Bird Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "State Symbols". State of Illinois. Retrieved 25 April 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Indiana State Bird". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved 25 April 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Iowa State Bird". Iowa State Bird Eastern Goldfinch Carduelis tristis. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Kansas State Bird". Kansas State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Kentucky State Bird". Kentucky's State Bird: The Cardinal. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Louisiana State Bird". Louisiana State Bird: Brown Pelican. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Maine State Bird". Maine State Bird, the Chickadee. Wells Maine.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Maryland State Bird". Louisiana State Bird Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Bird". Massachusetts State Bird: Chickadee. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ CIS: State Symbols
- ↑ "Michigan State Bird". Michigan State Bird American Robin Turdus migratorius. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Minnesota State Bird". Minnesota State Bird Common Loon Gavia immer. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Missouri State Bird". Missouri State Bird: Bluebird. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Montana State Bird". Michigan State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Nebraska State Bird". Nebraska State Bird: Bluebird. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Nevada State Bird". Nevada State Bird, mountain bluebird. Val-U-Corp Services, Inc.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "New Hampshire State Bird". New Hampshire State Bird: Purple Finch. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "New Jersey State Bird". NJ Senate No. 241. NJ Home.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner". New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus. 50states.com.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "New York State Bird". New York State Bird Bluebird Sialia sialis. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "North Carolina State Bird". Cardinal- North Carolina State Bird. NC Department of State.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "North Dakota State Bird". North Dakota State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Ohio State Bird". Ohio's State Bird- The Cardinal. Ohio History Central.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Oklahoma State Bird". Oklahoma State bird. Birds of Oklahoma.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ http://www.okhistory.org/kids/symbols.php
- ↑ "Oregon State Bird". Oregon State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Pennsylvania State Bird". Pennsylvania State Bird: Ruffed Grouse. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Rhode Island State Bird". Rhode Island State Bird: Rhode Island Red. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 "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.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "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.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "South Dakota State Bird". South Dakota State Bird Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Tennessee State Bird". Tennessee State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Tennessee State Symbols". Tennessee State General Assembly.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Texas State Bird". The Texas State Bird: Mockingbird. Lone Star Junction.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Utah State Bird". Utah State Bird California Gull Larus californicus. Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Vermont State Bird". Vermont State Bird- Hermit Thrush. About.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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(help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> - ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "West Virginia State Bird". Netstate.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Bird". Wisconsin State Bird: Robin. SHG Resources.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Wyoming State Bird". Wyoming State Bird: Robin. State of Wyoming.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "District of Columbia State Bird". Washington DC State Symbols. 50 States.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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