US Official State Birds

Official State Bird Designations of the 50 US States

The legislature of each state in the United States has designated one bird species as the an official "State Bird" for that state. In most cases the bird species that was selected is indigenous to that state and is often recognized as being associated with that state. Many a state bird was selected by a state before the species was "officially" named by the American Ornithologists' Union. Some states even have two official birds. The Official State Bird Designations of the 50 US States provides an interesting historical perspective as to events taking place during that period of a State's history. Birds are among the most popular state symbols in the United States.

US Official State Birds

	State	Bird	As	With
•	Alabama	Yellow-hammer	Bird
•	Alabama	Wild Turkey	Game Bird	Massachusetts Oklahoma South Carolina
•	Alaska	Alaska Willow Ptarmigan	Bird
•	Arizona	Coues' Cactus Wren	Bird
•	Arkansas	Mockingbird	Bird	Florida Mississippi Tennessee Texas
•	California	California Valley Quail	Bird
•	Colorado	Lark Bunting	Bird
•	Connecticut	American Robin	Bird	Connecticut Michigan Wisconsin
•	Delaware	Blue Hen Chicken	Bird
•	Florida	Mockingbird	Bird	Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Texas
•	Georgia	Brown Thrasher	Bird
•	Georgia	Bobwhite Quail	Game Bird	Tennessee
•	Hawaii	Nene (Hawaiian Goose)	Bird
•	Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	Bird
•	Idaho	Peregrine Falcon	Raptor
•	Illinois	Cardinal	Bird	Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Virginia West Virginia
•	Indiana	Cardinal	Bird	Illinois Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Virginia West Virginia
•	Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch	Bird	New Jersey
•	Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Bird	Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon Wyoming
•	Kentucky	Cardinal	Bird	Illinois Indiana North Carolina Ohio Virginia West Virginia
•	Louisiana	Brown Pelican	Bird
•	Maine	Chickadee	Bird	Massachusetts
•	Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	Bird
•	Massachusetts	Chickadee	Bird	Maine
•	Massachusetts	Wild Turkey	Game Bird	Alabama Oklahoma South Carolina
•	Michigan	American Robin	Bird	Connecticut Wisconsin
•	Minnesota	Common Loon	Bird
•	Mississippi	Mockingbird	Bird	Arkansas Florida Tennessee Texas
•	Mississippi	Wood Duck	Waterfowl
•	Missouri	Bluebird	Bird
•	Montana	Western Meadowlark	Bird	Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Oregon Wyoming
•	Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	Bird	Kansas Montana North Dakota Oregon Wyoming
•	Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Bird
•	New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Bird
•	New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	Bird	Iowa
•	New Mexico	Chaparral Bird (Roadrunner)	Bird
•	New York	Bluebird	Bird
•	North Carolina	Cardinal	Bird	Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Virginia West Virginia
•	North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Bird	Kansas Montana Nebraska Oregon Wyoming
•	Ohio	Cardinal	Bird	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
•	Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Bird
•	Oklahoma	Wild Turkey	Game Bird	Alabama Massachusetts South Carolina
•	Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Bird	Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota Wyoming
•	Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Game Bird
•	Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red	Bird
•	South Carolina	Carolina Wren	Bird
•	South Carolina	Wild Turkey	Game Bird	Alabama Massachusetts Oklahoma
•	South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Bird
•	Tennessee	Mockingbird	Bird	Arkansas Florida Mississippi Texas
•	Tennessee	Bobwhite Quail	Game Bird	Georgia
•	Texas	Mockingbird	Bird	Arkansas Florida Mississippi Tennessee
•	Utah	California Gull	Bird
•	Vermont	Hermit Thrush	Bird
•	Virginia	Cardinal	Bird	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio West Virginia
•	Washington	Willow Goldfinch	Bird
•	Washington, DC	Wood Thrush	Bird
•	West Virginia	Cardinal	Bird	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Virginia
•	Wisconsin	American Robin	Bird	Connecticut Michigan
•	Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	Bird	Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon
•	US	Bald Eagle	Bird

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