List of U.S. state birds

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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 New York in 1970, although the Eastern Bluebird had beaten the American Robin in a statewide survey 42 years previously. People in states such as Florida^[1], Minnesota^[2], Maine^[3], and Alaska^[4] will sometimes jokingly declare the mosquito to be the unofficial "state bird."

State	State bird	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year
Alabama	Yellowhammer aka Northern Flicker (state bird)	Colaptes auratus		1927[5]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1980[6]
Alaska	Willow Ptarmigan	Lagopus lagopus		1955[7]
Arizona	Cactus Wren	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus		1973[8]
Arkansas	Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1929[9]
California	California Quail	Lophortyx californica		1931[10]
Colorado	Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys		1931[11]
Connecticut	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1943[12]
Delaware	Blue Hen of Delaware	Gallus gallus		1939[13]
District of Columbia	Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina		1938[14]
Florida	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927[15]
Georgia	Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufum		1928[16]
Hawaii	Nēnē or Hawaiian Goose	Branta sandvicensis		1957[17]
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1931[18]
Illinois	Cardinal aka Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1928[19]
Indiana	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933[20]
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1933[21]
Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1933[22]
Kentucky	Kentucky Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1942[23]
Louisiana	Eastern Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis		1966[24]
Maine	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1927[25]
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula		1947[26]
Massachusetts	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1941[27]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1991[28]
Michigan	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1931[29]
Minnesota	Common Loon	Gavia immer		1961[30]
Mississippi	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1944[31]
	Wood duck (state waterfowl)	Aix sponsa		1974[32]
Missouri	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1927[33]
Montana	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1941[34]
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1929[35]
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1967[36]
New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus		1957[37]
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1935[38]
New Mexico	Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus		1949[39]
New York	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1970[40]
North Carolina	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1943[41]
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1970[42]
Ohio	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933[43]
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus		1951[44]
Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927[45]
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Bonasa umbellus		1931[46]
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red Chicken	Gallus gallus		1954[47]
South Carolina	Mockingbird (former state bird)	Mimus polyglottos		1939 - 1948[48]
	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus		1948[48]
	Wild Turkey (state wild game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1976[49]
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus		1943[50]
Tennessee	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1933[51]
	Bobwhite Quail (state wild game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1987[52]
Texas	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927[53]
Utah	California Gull	Larus californicus		1955[54]
Vermont	Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus		1941[55]
Virginia	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1950[56]
Washington	Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1951[57]
West Virginia	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1949[58]
Wisconsin	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1949[59]
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927[60]

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