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'{{Short description|None}} Below is a '''list of [[U.S. state]] birds''' as designated by each state's, district's or territory's government. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the [[northern cardinal]] in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for [[Alabama]], [[Florida]], [[Maine]], [[Missouri]], [[Oregon]], [[Texas]] and [[Wyoming]] selected their state birds after a campaign was started by the [[General Federation of Women's Clubs]] to name official state birds in the 1920s.<ref>{{cite news | last= Courtney | first= David | title= The Texanist: Why Do We Share a State Bird With Five Other States? | work= Texas Monthly | issue= October 2019 | url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texanist-why-share-state-bird/ | access-date= 2020-12-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.gfwc.org/gfwc-federation-facts/ | title= GFWC Federation Facts |access-date= 2020-12-28 | publisher= [[General Federation of Women's Clubs]]}}</ref> The last state to choose its bird was [[ihateniggers]] ] in 1973.<ref name=":0" /> Pennsylvania never chose an official state bird, but did choose the [[ruffed grouse]] as the state game bird. [[Alaska]], [[California]], and [[South Dakota]] permit hunting of their state birds. [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|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. The [[District of Columbia]] designated a district bird in 1938.<ref name="DC" /> Of the five inhabited [[territories of the United States]], [[American Samoa]] and [[Puerto Rico]] are the only ones without territorial birds. == State birds == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- bgcolor="000000" ! State,<br /> district,<br />or territory!! Bird !! [[Scientific name]] !! Picture !! Year |- ! [[Alabama]] || [[Northern flicker|Yellowhammer]]<!-- Please do not alter or remove the piped text. Even though the names are generally interchangeable, and northern flicker is more common, the official source provided explicitly refers to it as the yellowhammer, so we should defer to the source. Discuss on talk page if desired. --> (northern flicker) || ''Colaptes auratus'' || [[File:Northern_Flicker.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_bird.html | title= Alabama State Bird |access-date= 2007-03-18 | date= 2006-04-27 | work= Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors | publisher= [[Alabama Department of Archives and History]]}}</ref> |- ! [[Alaska]] || [[Willow ptarmigan]] || ''Lagopus lagopus'' || [[File:Denali National Park Ptarmigan.jpg|120px]] || 1955<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0108178.html | title= Alaska State Bird | work= Alaska History, Geography, Population and State Facts | publisher= Fact Monster}}</ref> |- ! [[American Samoa]] || None<br />''(See [[List of birds of American Samoa]])'' || — || — || — |- ! [[Arizona]] || [[Cactus wren]] || ''Campylorhynchus<br />brunneicapillus''|| [[File:Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus 20061226.jpg|120px]] || 1973<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.50states.com/bird/cactus.htm | title= Arizona State Bird | work= Arizona State Bird- Cactus Wren | publisher= 50 States}}</ref> |- ! [[Arkansas]] || [[Northern mockingbird]] || ''Mimus polyglottos'' || [[File:Mimus polyglottos adult 02 cropped.jpg|120px]] || 1929<ref>{{cite web | url= http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/p/susarbird.htm | title= Arkansas State Bird | work= Arkansas State Bird- Mockingbird | publisher= About}}</ref> |- ! [[California]] || [[California quail]] || ''Callipepla californica'' || [[File:California_quail.jpg|120px]] || 1931<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.50states.com/bird/quail.htm | title= California State Bird | work= California State Bird- California Quail | publisher= 50 States}}</ref> |- ! [[Colorado]] || [[Lark bunting]] || ''Calamospiza melanocorys'' || [[File:Lark Bunting (male) Pawnee National Grasslands CO 2018-06-06 17-03-26 (40841912423).jpg|120px]] || 1931<ref>{{cite web | url= http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/p/suscobird.htm | title= Colorado State Bird | work= Colorado State Bird- Lark Bunting | publisher= About | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129121326/http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/p/suscobird.htm | archive-date= 2014-11-29 }}</ref> |- ! [[Connecticut]] || [[American robin]] || ''Turdus migratorius''|| [[File:Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg|120px]] || 1943<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246480 | title= Connecticut State Bird | work= The State Bird | publisher= State of Connecticut}}</ref> |- ! [[Delaware]] || [[Delaware Blue Hen]] || ''Gallus gallus''|||| 1939<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.50states.com/bird/bluehen.htm | title= Delaware State Bird | work= California State Bird- Blue Hen Chicken | publisher= 50 States}}</ref> |- ! [[District of Columbia]] || [[Wood thrush]] || ''Hylocichla mustelina'' || [[File:Hylocichla mustelina (cropped).jpg|120px]] || 1938<ref name="DC">{{cite web | url= http://www.50states.com/dc.htm | title= District of Columbia State Bird | work= District of Columbia State Symbols | publisher= 50 States}}</ref> |- ! [[Florida]] || [[Northern mockingbird]] || ''Mimus polyglottos'' || [[File:Mimus polyglottos adult 02 cropped.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/fl/symbols/bird/ | title= Florida State Bird | work= Florida State Bird: Mockingbird | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] || [[Brown thrasher]] || ''Toxostoma rufum'' || [[File:Brown Thrasher-27527-2.jpg|120px]] || 1928<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/ga_brown_thrasher.htm | title= Georgia State Bird | work= Georgia State Bird Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Guam]] || [[Guam rail]] (''ko'ko{{'}}'') || ''Gallirallus owstoni'' || [[File:GuamRail02.jpg|120px]] || 2000<ref>{{cite web | url= https://guamlegislature.com/25th_public_laws.htm | title= Public Laws 25th | work = Designation of “KO’KO” as the official Bird of Guam | publisher = Guam Legislature}}</ref> |- ! [[Hawaii]] || [[Nene (bird)|Hawaiian goose]] (''nēnē'') || ''Branta sandvicensis'' || [[File:Branta sandvicensis -WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England-8a.jpg|120px]] || 1957<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/hawaii/nene/ | title= Hawaii State Bird | work= The Nene Goose- Branta Sandvicensis-Hawaii's State Bird | publisher= Aloha-Hawaii}}</ref> |- ! [[Idaho]] || [[Mountain bluebird]] || ''Sialia currucoides'' || [[File:Mountain Bluebird.jpg|120px]] || 1931<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/id_mountain_bluebird.htm | title= Idaho State Bird | work= Idaho State Bird Mountain Bluebird | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Illinois]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1929<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.illinois.gov/about/Pages/StateSymbols.aspx | title=State Symbols | publisher=State of Illinois | access-date = 25 April 2015}}</ref> |- ! [[Indiana]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1933<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.in.gov/history/2796.htm| title= Indiana State Bird | publisher=Indiana Historical Bureau | access-date = 25 April 2015}}</ref> |- ! [[Iowa]] || [[American goldfinch|Eastern goldfinch]] (American goldfinch) || ''Spinus tristis'' || [[File:Carduelis-tristis-002.jpg|120px]] || 1933<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/ia_eastern_goldfinch.htm | title= Iowa State Bird | work= Iowa State Bird Eastern Goldfinch Carduelis tristis | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Kansas]] || [[Western meadowlark]] || ''Sturnella neglecta'' || [[File:WesternMeadowlark23.jpg|120px]] || 1933<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/ks_western_meadowlark.htm | title= Kansas State Bird | work= Kansas State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Kentucky]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1926<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kdla.ky.gov/pages/search.aspx?terms=%22state+bird%22&affiliateId=KDLA|title=Kentucky State Bird |work= Brief History of Kentucky |publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives}}</ref> |- ! [[Louisiana]] || [[Brown pelican]] || ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' || [[File:Brown pelican - natures pics.jpg|120px]] || 1966<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/la/symbols/bird/ | title= Louisiana State Bird | work= Louisiana State Bird: Brown Pelican | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Maine]] || [[Chickadee]] ||Not specified in state law || [[File:Poecile-atricapilla-001.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>[https://bangordailynews.com/2019/02/28/news/state/a-nest-divided-maines-great-chickadee-debate/ The problem with naming ‘the chickadee’ as Maine’s state bird] Bangor Daily News. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.</ref> |- ! [[Maryland]] || [[Baltimore oriole]] || ''Icterus galbula'' || [[File:Icterus-galbula-002.jpg|120px]] || 1947<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/md_baltimore_oriole.htm | title= Maryland State Bird | work= Louisiana State Bird Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Massachusetts]] || [[Black-capped chickadee]] || ''Poecile atricapilla'' || [[File:Poecile-atricapilla-001.jpg|120px]] || 1941<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/ma/symbols/bird/ | title= Massachusetts State Bird | work= Massachusetts State Bird: Chickadee | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Michigan]] || [[American robin]] || ''Turdus migratorius'' || [[File:Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg|120px]] || 1931<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/mi_american_robin.htm | title= Michigan State Bird | work= Michigan State Bird American Robin Turdus migratorius | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Minnesota]] || [[Common loon]] || ''Gavia immer'' || [[File:Common Loon head sideways.jpg|120px]] || 1961<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/mn_common_loon.htm | title= Minnesota State Bird | work= Minnesota State Bird Common Loon Gavia immer | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Mississippi]] || [[Northern mockingbird]] || ''Mimus polyglottos'' || [[File:Mimus polyglottos adult 02 cropped.jpg|120px]] || 1944<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/ms/symbols/bird/ | title= Mississippi State Bird | work= Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Missouri]] || [[Eastern bluebird]] || ''Sialia sialis''|| [[File:EasternbluebirdB9.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbol/bird | title= State Symbols of Missouri | work= Missouri's State Bird| publisher= Missouri Secretary of State}}</ref> |- ! [[Montana]] || [[Western meadowlark]] || ''Sturnella neglecta'' || [[File:WesternMeadowlark23.jpg|120px]] || 1941<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/mt_western_meadowlark.htm | title= Montana State Bird | work= Michigan State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Nebraska]] || [[Western meadowlark]] || ''Sturnella neglecta'' || [[File:WesternMeadowlark23.jpg|120px]] || 1929<ref>{{citation |series= Nebraska State Symbols |work= NebraskAccess |publisher= Nebraska Library Commission | url= http://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/statesymbols.asp | title= Western Meadowlark |access-date= 2020-06-18}}</ref> |- ! [[Nevada]] || [[Mountain bluebird]] || ''Sialia currucoides'' || [[File:Mountain Bluebird.jpg|120px]] || 1967<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.val-u-corp.com/articles/nevada-state-bird.html | title= Nevada State Bird | work= Nevada State Bird, mountain bluebird | publisher= Val-U-Corp Services, Inc. | access-date= 2007-04-24 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150114023107/http://www.val-u-corp.com/articles/nevada-state-bird.html | archive-date= 2015-01-14 | url-status= dead }}</ref> |- ! [[New Hampshire]] || [[Purple finch]] || ''Carpodacus purpureus'' || [[File:Purple Finch.jpg|120px]] || 1957<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/nh/symbols/bird/ | title= New Hampshire State Bird | work= New Hampshire State Bird: Purple Finch | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[New Jersey]] || [[American goldfinch|Eastern goldfinch]] (American goldfinch) | ''Spinus tristis'' || [[File:Carduelis-tristis-002.jpg|120px]] || 1935<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/bird1.htm | title= New Jersey State Bird | work= NJ Senate No. 241 | publisher= NJ Home}}</ref> |- ! [[New Mexico]] || [[Greater roadrunner]] || ''Geococcyx californianus'' || [[File:Geococcyx californianus.jpg|120px]] || 1949<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.50states.com/bird/new-mexico.htm| title= New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner | work= New Mexico State Bird - Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus | publisher= 50states.com}}</ref> |- ! [[New York (state)|New York]] || [[Eastern bluebird]] || ''Sialia sialis'' || [[File:EasternbluebirdB9.jpg|120px]] || 1970<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/ny_bluebird.htm | title= New York State Bird | work= New York State Bird Bluebird Sialia sialis | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[North Carolina]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1943<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/pubsweb/symbols/sy-cardi.htm | title= North Carolina State Bird | work= Cardinal- North Carolina State Bird | publisher= NC Department of State}}</ref> |- ! [[North Dakota]] || [[Western meadowlark]] || ''Sturnella neglecta'' || [[File:WesternMeadowlark23.jpg|120px]] || 1970<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/nd_western_meadowlark.htm | title= North Dakota State Bird | work= North Dakota State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Northern Mariana Islands]] || [[Mariana fruit-dove]] || ''Ptilinopus roseicapilla'' || [[File:Stavenn Ptilinopus roseicapilla 01.jpg|120px]] || ? |- ! [[Ohio]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1933<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1870 | title= Ohio State Bird | work= Ohio's State Bird- The Cardinal | publisher= Ohio History Central}}</ref> |- ! [[Oklahoma]] || [[Scissor-tailed flycatcher]] || ''Tyrannus forficatus'' || [[File:Scissortailedfly700.JPG|120px]] || 1951<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/State%20bird.htm |title=Oklahoma State Bird |work=Oklahoma State bird |publisher=Birds of Oklahoma |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219224025/http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/State%20bird.htm |archive-date=2008-02-19 }}</ref> |- ! [[Oregon]] || [[Western meadowlark]]<br />(state songbird){{efn|The western meadowlark was proclaimed the state bird by Governor [[I. L. Patterson]] in 1927. However, the Legislative Assembly never adopted it as official state bird of Oregon. In 2017, the western meadowlark was made the official state songbird and the osprey was made the official state raptor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SCR18/Introduced|title=Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 |publisher=Oregon State Legislature|access-date=February 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>}} || ''Sturnella neglecta'' || [[File:WesternMeadowlark23.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/or_western_meadowlark.htm | title= Oregon State Bird | work= Oregon State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | publisher= Netstate}}</ref><br />2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SCR18/Enrolled|title=Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 |publisher=Oregon State Legislature|access-date=February 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! [[Pennsylvania]] || None{{efn|The [[ruffed grouse]] was named the "state game bird" in 1931 Act 234.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruffed Grouse Adopted as State Bird |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&yr=1931&sessInd=0&smthLwInd=0&act=0234. |website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. |access-date=3 February 2023 |language=English}}</ref>}} || align=center|— || align=center|— || align=center|— |- ! [[Puerto Rico]] || None || align=center|— || align=center|— || align=center|—<ref>[https://www.periodicolaperla.com/tenemos-no-ave-nacional/ ''¿Tenemos o no un ave nacional?''] Héctor Sánchez Martínez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 20 January 2017. Accessed 19 October 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.cienciapr.org/es/external-news/debate-por-el-ave-nacional-primera-parte ''Debate por el Ave Nacional (primera parte).''] CienciaPR. Accessed 19 October 2020.</ref> |- ! [[Rhode Island]] || [[Rhode Island Red]] || ''Gallus gallus'' || [[File:Rhode Island Red.jpg|120px]] || 1954<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/ri/symbols/bird/ | title= Rhode Island State Bird | work= Rhode Island State Bird: Rhode Island Red | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[South Carolina]] || [[Carolina wren]] || ''Thryothorus ludovicianus'' || [[File:Carolina Wren 2.jpg|120px]] || 1948<ref name="scbird"/> |- ! [[South Dakota]] || [[Common pheasant|Ring-necked pheasant]] || ''Phasianus colchicus'' || [[File:Phasianus colchicus 2 tom (Lukasz Lukasik).jpg|120px]] || 1943<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/sd_ring_necked_pheasant.htm | title= South Dakota State Bird | work= South Dakota State Bird Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Tennessee]] || [[Northern mockingbird]] || ''Mimus polyglottos'' || [[File:Mimus polyglottos adult 02 cropped.jpg|120px]] || 1933<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.shgresources.com/tn/symbols/bird/ | title= Tennessee State Bird | work= Tennessee State Bird: Mockingbird | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Texas]] || [[Northern mockingbird]] || ''Mimus polyglottos'' || [[File:Mimus polyglottos adult 02 cropped.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.lsjunction.com/bird.htm | title= Texas State Bird | work= The Texas State Bird: Mockingbird | publisher= Lone Star Junction}}</ref> |- ! [[Utah]] || [[California gull]] || ''Larus californicus'' || [[File:CaliforniaGull23.jpg|120px]] || 1955<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/ut_california_gull.htm | title= Utah State Bird | work= Utah State Bird California Gull Larus californicus | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Vermont]] || [[Hermit thrush]] || ''Catharus guttatus'' || [[File:Hermitthrush63.jpg|120px]] || 1941<ref>{{cite web | url= http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/p/susvtbird.htm | title= Vermont State Bird | work= Vermont State Bird- Hermit Thrush | publisher= About | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129121401/http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/p/susvtbird.htm | archive-date= 2014-11-29 }}</ref> |- ! [[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]] || [[Bananaquit]] || ''Coereba flaveola'' || [[File:Bananaquits.jpg|120px]] || 1970 |- ! [[Virginia]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1950<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/va_cardinal.htm | title= Virginia State Bird | publisher= Netstate | date= 2005-04-17 | access-date= 2007-04-06}}</ref> |- ! [[Washington (state)|Washington]] || [[American goldfinch|Willow goldfinch]] (American goldfinch) || ''Spinus tristis'' || [[File:Carduelis-tristis-002.jpg|120px]] || 1951<ref>{{cite web | title= Symbols of Washington State | publisher= Washington State Legislature | url= http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | access-date= 2007-03-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070305110012/http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-03-05}}</ref> |- ! [[West Virginia]] || [[Northern cardinal]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[File:Cardinal.jpg|120px]] || 1949<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/birds/wv_cardinal.htm | title= West Virginia State Bird | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Wisconsin]] || [[American robin]] || ''Turdus migratorius'' || [[File:Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg|120px]] || 1949<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/wi/symbols/bird/ | title= Wisconsin State Bird | work= Wisconsin State Bird: Robin | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Wyoming]] || [[Western meadowlark]] || ''Sturnella neglecta'' || [[File:WesternMeadowlark23.jpg|120px]] || 1927<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols |title=Wyoming Facts and Symbols |work=Wyoming Facts and Symbols |publisher=State of Wyoming }}</ref> |- |} === Notes === {{notelist}} == Other state birds == In addition to having a state bird, some states have chosen a state game bird (or state wild game bird), a state waterfowl (or state duck), a state raptor, or a bird as their state symbol of peace. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- bgcolor="000000" ! State!! State bird !! Scientific name !! Photography !! Year |- ! [[Alabama]] || [[Wild turkey]]<br />(state game bird) || ''Meleagris gallopavo'' || [[File:Gall-dindi.jpg|120px]] || 1980<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_gbird.html | title= Official Alabama Game Bird | access-date= 2007-03-18 | date= 2003-11-17 | work= Alabama Emblems, Symb and Honors | publisher= [[Alabama Department of Archives and History]]}}</ref> |- ! [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] || [[Bobwhite quail]]<br />(state game bird) || ''Colinus virginianus'' || [[File:Virginiawachtel 2007-06-16 065.jpg|120px]] || 1970<ref>{{cite web | url= http://sos.georgia.gov/state_symbols/state_game_bird.html | title= Georgia Secretary of State - State Game Bird | work= Georgia Secretary of State | publisher= State of Georgia | access-date= 2008-07-21 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120729125902/http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/state_symbols/state_game_bird.html | archive-date= 2012-07-29 | url-status= dead }}</ref> |- ! [[Idaho]] || [[Peregrine falcon]]<br />(state raptor) || ''Falco peregrinus'' || [[File:Falco_peregrinus_good_-_Christopher_Watson.jpg|120px]] || 2004<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.netstate.com/states/symb/raptors/id_peregrine_falcon.htm | title= Idaho State Raptor | work= Idaho State Raptor Peregrine Falcon | publisher= Netstate}}</ref> |- ! [[Massachusetts]] || [[Wild turkey]]<br />(state game bird) || ''Meleagris gallopavo'' || [[File:Gall-dindi.jpg|120px]] || 1991<ref>[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm CIS: State Symbols<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |- ! [[Mississippi]] || [[Wood duck]]<br />(state waterfowl) || ''Aix sponsa'' || [[File:Brautente Wood Duck Aix sponsa.jpg|120px]] || 1974<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.shgresources.com/ms/symbols/ | title= Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots | publisher= SHG Resources}}</ref> |- ! [[Missouri]] || [[Bobwhite quail]]<br />(state game bird) || ''Colinus virginianus'' || [[File:Virginiawachtel 2007-06-16 065.jpg|120px]] || 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills071/billpdf/intro/HB0576I.PDF |title=HOUSE BILL NO. 576 |work=HOUSE BILL NO. 576 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |publisher=State of Missouri |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602231027/http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills071/billpdf/intro/HB0576I.PDF |archive-date=2010-06-02 }}</ref> |- ! [[New Hampshire]] || [[Red-tailed hawk]]<br />(state raptor) || ''Buteo jamaicensis'' || [[File:Red-tailed Hawk.jpg|120px]] || 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nh.gov/almanac/raptor.htm|title=State Raptor, New Hampshire Almanac |publisher=State of New Hampshire}}</ref> |- ! [[Oklahoma]] || [[Wild turkey]]<br />(state game bird) || ''Meleagris gallopavo'' || [[File:Gall-dindi.jpg|120px]] || 1990<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/gamebirds/ok_wild_turkey.htm | title= Oklahoma State Game Bird| work= Official State Game Birds | publisher= NSTATE, LLC.}}</ref> |- ! [[Oregon]] || [[Osprey]]<br />(state raptor) || ''Pandion haliaetus'' || [[File:20100709d.jpg|120px]] || 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/facts/almanac/a-c.aspx|work=Oregon Blue Book|title=Oregon Almanac: Abbreviation to Crustacean|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> |- ! [[Pennsylvania]] || [[Ruffed grouse]]<br />(state game bird) || ''Bonasa umbellus'' || [[File:Bonasa-umbellus-001edit1.jpg|120px]] || 1931<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title= 1931 Act 234 |work= Unconsolidated Statutes |publisher= Pennsylvania General Assembly |url= https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&yr=1931&sessInd=0&smthLwInd=0&act=0234. |access-date= 2020-06-02}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=3 | [[South Carolina]] || [[Northern mockingbird]]<br />(former state bird) || ''Mimus polyglottos'' || [[File:Mimus polyglottos adult 02 cropped.jpg|120px]] || 1939 –<br />1948<ref name=scbird>{{cite web | url= http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/bird.htm | title= SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Symbols and Emblems, State Bird'' | publisher= [[South Carolina General Assembly]] | access-date= 2007-07-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070702093638/http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/bird.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-07-02}}</ref> |- || [[Wild turkey]]<br />(state wild game bird) || ''Meleagris gallopavo'' || [[File:Gall-dindi.jpg|120px]] || 1976<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/turkey.htm | title= SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Symbols and Emblems, State Wild Game Bird'' | publisher= [[South Carolina General Assembly]] | access-date= 2007-07-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070706061105/http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/turkey.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-07-06}}</ref> |- || [[Wood duck]]<br />(state duck) || ''Aix sponsa'' || [[File:Brautente Wood Duck Aix sponsa.jpg|120px]] || 2009<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ducks/sc_wood_duck.htm | title= South Carolina State Duck| work= Official State Ducks | publisher= NSTATE, LLC.}}</ref> |- ! [[Tennessee]] || [[Bobwhite quail]]<br />(state wild game bird) || ''Colinus virginianus'' || [[File:Virginiawachtel 2007-06-16 065.jpg|120px]] || 1987<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/homework/symbols.html | title= Tennessee State Symbols | publisher= Tennessee State General Assembly | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080509141006/http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/homework/symbols.html | archive-date= 2008-05-09 }}</ref> |- ! [[Wisconsin]] || [[Mourning dove|Eastern mourning dove]]<br />(state symbol of peace) || ''Zenaida macroura carolinensis'' || [[File:Mourning_Dove_2006.jpg|120px]] || 1971<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2908 | title=Wisconsin Historical Society | work= Wisconsin State Symbols | publisher= Wisconsin Historical Society}}</ref> |- |} == States with the same state bird == Some state birds are shared between multiple states. Of the 50 states, a total of 32 do not have a unique state bird. [[File:U.S._state_birds_map.svg|400px|thumb|right|<br /> {{legend2|red|Northern cardinal}}<br /> {{legend2|gold|Western meadowlark}}<br /> {{legend2|DimGray|Northern mockingbird}}<br /> {{legend2|DarkOrange|American robin}}<br /> {{legend2|yellow|American goldfinch}}<br /> {{legend2|black|Chickadee}}<br /> {{legend2|brown|Chicken}}<br /> {{legend2|DodgerBlue|Eastern bluebird}}<br /> {{legend2|blue|Mountain bluebird}}<br /> {{legend2|#D3D3D3|Unique state bird}}]] {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Bird ! # of states |- || [[Northern cardinal]] || 7 |- || [[Western meadowlark]] || 6 |- || [[Northern mockingbird]] || 5{{efn|and formerly [[South Carolina]]}} |- || [[Wild turkey]]<br />(state game bird or wild game bird) || 4 |- || [[American robin]] || 3 |- || [[Bobwhite quail]]<br />(state game bird or wild game bird) || 3 |- || [[American goldfinch]] || 3{{efn|2 as "eastern goldfinch", 1 as "willow goldfinch"}} |- || [[Chickadee]] || 2{{efn|1 as "[[black-capped chickadee]]", 1 as "chickadee"}} |- || [[Chicken]] || 2{{efn|1 as "[[Rhode Island Red]]", 1 as "[[Delaware Blue Hen]]"}} |- || [[Eastern bluebird]] || 2 |- || [[Mountain bluebird]] || 2 |- || [[Wood duck]]<br />(state waterfowl or duck) || 2 |} === Notes === {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{sister project links|bird}} {{state symbols}} {{State insignia}} {{USStateLists}} {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of U.S. State Birds}} [[Category:Lists of birds of the United States|*]] [[Category:Lists of United States state symbols|Birds]] [[Category:Birds in culture]]'