List of U.S. state birds facts for kids
This is a list of U.S. state birds.
State | State bird | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Yellowhammer aka Northern Flicker (state bird) |
Colaptes auratus | ![]() |
1927 |
Wild Turkey (state game bird) |
Meleagris gallopavo | ![]() |
1980 | |
Alaska | Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | ![]() |
1955 |
Arizona | Cactus Wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus |
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1973 |
Arkansas | Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1929 |
California | California Quail | Callipepla californica | ![]() |
1931 |
Colorado | Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | ![]() |
1931 |
Connecticut | American Robin | Turdus migratorius | ![]() |
1943 |
Delaware | Blue Hen Chicken | Gallus gallus | 1939 | |
District of Columbia | Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | ![]() |
1938 |
Florida | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1927 |
Georgia | Brown Thrasher (state bird) | Toxostoma rufum | ![]() |
1928 |
Bobwhite Quail (state game bird) | Colinus virginianus | ![]() |
1970 | |
Hawaii | Nēnē or Hawaiian Goose |
Branta sandvicensis | ![]() |
1957 |
Idaho | Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | ![]() |
1931 |
Illinois | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1928 |
Indiana | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1933 |
Iowa | Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis | ![]() |
1933 |
Kansas | Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ![]() |
1933 |
Kentucky | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1942 |
Louisiana | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | ![]() |
1966 |
Maine | Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla | ![]() |
1927 |
Maryland | Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | ![]() |
1947 |
Massachusetts | Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla | ![]() |
1941 |
Wild Turkey (state game bird) |
Meleagris gallopavo | ![]() |
1991 | |
Michigan | American Robin | Turdus migratorius | ![]() |
1931 |
Minnesota | Common Loon | Gavia immer | ![]() |
1961 |
Mississippi | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1944 |
Wood duck (state waterfowl) |
Aix sponsa | ![]() |
1974 | |
Missouri | Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | ![]() |
1927 |
Montana | Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ![]() |
1941 |
Nebraska | Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ![]() |
1929 |
Nevada | Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | ![]() |
1967 |
New Hampshire | Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | ![]() |
1957 |
New Jersey | Eastern Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | ![]() |
1935 |
New Mexico | Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner |
Geococcyx californianus | ![]() |
1949 |
New York | Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | ![]() |
1970 |
North Carolina | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1943 |
North Dakota | Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ![]() |
1970 |
Ohio | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1933 |
Oklahoma | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | 1951 | |
Oregon | Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ![]() |
1927 |
Pennsylvania | Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | ![]() |
1931 |
Rhode Island | Rhode Island Red Chicken | Gallus gallus | ![]() |
1954 |
South Carolina | Northern Mockingbird (former state bird) |
Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1939 - 1948 |
Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | ![]() |
1948 | |
Wild Turkey (state wild game bird) |
Meleagris gallopavo | ![]() |
1976 | |
South Dakota | Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ![]() |
1943 |
Tennessee | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1933 |
Bobwhite Quail (state wild game bird) |
Colinus virginianus | ![]() |
1987 | |
Texas | Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ![]() |
1927 |
Utah | California Gull | Larus californicus | ![]() |
1955 |
Vermont | Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | ![]() |
1941 |
Virginia | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1950 |
Washington | Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis | ![]() |
1951 |
West Virginia | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ![]() |
1949 |
Wisconsin | American Robin | Turdus migratorius | ![]() |
1949 |
Wyoming | Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ![]() |
1927 |
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 |
The state bird of Massachusetts is the Black Capped Chickadee
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