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List of U.S. state birds

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This is a list of U.S. state birds.

StateState birdBinomial
nomenclature
ImageYear
Alabama Yellowhammer
aka Northern Flicker
(state bird)
Colaptes auratus1927[1]
Wild Turkey
(state game bird)
Meleagris gallopavo1980[2]
Alaska Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus1955[3]
Arizona Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus
brunneicapillus
1973[4]
Arkansas Mockingbird
aka Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos1929[5]
California California QuailCallipepla californica1931[6]
Colorado Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys1931[7]
Connecticut American RobinTurdus migratorius1943[8]
Delaware Blue Hen ChickenGallus gallus1939[9]
District of Columbia Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina1938[10]
Florida Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos1927[11]
Georgia Brown Thrasher (state bird)Toxostoma rufum1928[12]
Bobwhite Quail (state game bird)Colinus virginianus1970[13]
Hawaii Nēnē
or Hawaiian Goose
Branta sandvicensis1957[14]
Idaho Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides1931[15]
Illinois Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1928[16]
Indiana Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1933[17]
Iowa Eastern Goldfinch
aka American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis1933[18]
Kansas Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1933[19]
Kentucky Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1942[20]
Louisiana Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis1966[21]
Maine Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapilla1927[22]
Maryland Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula1947[23]
Massachusetts Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapilla1941[24]
Wild Turkey
(state game bird)
Meleagris gallopavo1991[25]
Michigan American RobinTurdus migratorius1931[26]
Minnesota Common LoonGavia immer1961[27]
Mississippi Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos1944[28]
Wood duck
(state waterfowl)
Aix sponsa1974[29]
Missouri Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis1927[30]
Montana Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1941[31]
Nebraska Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1929[32]
Nevada Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides1967[33]
New Hampshire Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus1957[34]
New Jersey Eastern GoldfinchCarduelis tristis1935[35]
New Mexico Roadrunner
aka Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus1949[36]
New York Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis1970[37]
North Carolina Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1943[38]
North Dakota Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1970[39]
Ohio Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1933[40]
Oklahoma Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus1951[41]
Oregon Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1927[42]
Pennsylvania Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus1931[43]
Rhode Island Rhode Island Red chickenGallus gallus1954[44]
South Carolina Northern Mockingbird
(former state bird)
Mimus polyglottos1939 -
1948[45]
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus1948[45]
Wild Turkey
(state wild game bird)
Meleagris gallopavo1976[46]
South Dakota Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus1943[47]
Tennessee Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos1933[48]
Bobwhite Quail
(state wild game bird)
Colinus virginianus1987[49]
Texas Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos1927[50]
Utah California GullLarus californicus1955[51]
Vermont Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus1941[52]
Virginia Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1950[53]
Washington Willow Goldfinch
aka American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis1951[54]
West Virginia Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis1949[55]
Wisconsin American RobinTurdus migratorius1949[56]
Wyoming Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1927[57]
Guam Guam RailGallirallus owstoni?
Northern Mariana Islands Mariana Fruit-dovePtilinopus roseicapilla?
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican SpindalisSpindalis portoricensis?
U.S. Virgin Islands BananaquitCoereba flaveola1970

References

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