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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], and Alaska^[3] will sometimes jokingly declare the mosquito to be the unofficial "state bird".

State	State bird	Image	Year adopted
Alabama	Yellowhammer aka Northern Flicker ''(Colaptes auratus)'' (state bird)	thumb	1927[4]
	Wild Turkey ''(Meleagris gallopavo)'' (state game bird)	thumb	1980[5]
Alaska	Willow Ptarmigan ''(Lagopus lagopus)''	thumb	1955[6]
Arizona	Cactus Wren ''(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)''	thumb	1973[7]
Arkansas	Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)''	thumb	1929[8]
California	California Quail ''(Lophortyx californica)''	thumb	1931[9]
Colorado	Lark Bunting ''(Calamospiza melanocorys)''	thumb	1931 [10]
Connecticut	American Robin ''(Turdus migratorius)''	thumb	1943[11]
Delaware	Blue Hen Chicken ''(Gallus gallus)''	thumb	1939[12]
District of Columbia	Wood Thrush ''(Hylocichla mustelina)''	thumb	1938[13]
Florida	Mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)''	thumb	1927[14]
Georgia	Brown Thrasher ''(Toxostoma rufum)''	thumb	1928[15]
Hawaii	''Nēnē'' or Hawaiian Goose ''(Branta sandvicensis)''	thumb	1957[16]
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird ''(Sialia currucoides)''	thumb	1931[17]
Illinois	Cardinal aka Northern Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1928[18]
Indiana	Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1933[19]
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch ''(Carduelis tristis)''	thumb	1933[20]
Kansas	Western Meadowlark ''(Sturnella neglecta)''	thumb	1933[21]
Kentucky	Kentucky Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1942[22]
Louisiana	Eastern Brown Pelican ''(Pelecanus occidentalis)''	thumb	1966[23]
Maine	Black-capped Chickadee ''(Poecile atricapilla)''	thumb	1927[24]
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole ''(Icterus galbula)''	thumb	1947[25]
Massachusetts	Black-capped Chickadee ''(Poecile atricapilla)''	thumb	1941[26]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird) ''(Meleagris gallopavo)''	thumb	1991 [27]
Michigan	American Robin ''(Turdus migratorius)''	thumb	1931[28]
Minnesota	Common Loon ''(Gavia immer)''	thumb	1961[29]
Mississippi	Mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)''	thumb	1944[30]
Missouri	Eastern Bluebird ''(Sialia sialis)''	thumb	1927[31]
Montana	Western Meadowlark ''(Sturnella neglecta)''	thumb	1941[32]
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark ''(Sturnella neglecta)''	thumb	1929[33]
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird ''(Sialia currucoides)''	thumb	1967[34]
New Hampshire	Purple Finch ''(Carpodacus purpureus)''	thumb	1957[35]
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch ''(Carduelis tristis)''	thumb	1935[36]
New Mexico	Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner ''(Geococcyx californianus)''	thumb	1949[37]
New York	Eastern Bluebird ''(Sialia sialis)''	thumb	1970[38]
North Carolina	Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1943[39]
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark ''(Sturnella neglecta)''	thumb	1970[40]
Ohio	Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1933[41]
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ''(Tyrannus forficatus)''	thumb	1951[42]
Oregon	Western Meadowlark ''(Sturnella neglecta)''	thumb	1927[43]
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse ''(Bonasa umbellus)''	thumb	1931[44]
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red Chicken ''(Gallus gallus)''	thumb	1954[45]
South Carolina	Mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)'' (former state bird)	thumb	1939- 1948 SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Symbols and Emblems, State Bird''
	Carolina Wren ''(Thryothorus ludovicianus)''	thumb	1948repeat
	Wild Turkey ''(Meleagris gallopavo)'' (state wild game bird)	thumb	1976 SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Symbols and Emblems, State Wild Game Bird''
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant aka Common Pheasant ''(Phasianus colchicus)''	thumb	1943[46]
Tennessee	Mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)''	thumb	1954[47]
Texas	Mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)''	thumb	1927[48]
Utah	California Gull ''(Larus californicus)''	thumb	1955[49]
Vermont	Hermit Thrush ''(Catharus guttatus)''	thumb	1941[50]
Virginia	Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1950[51]
Washington	Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch ''(Carduelis tristis)''	thumb	1951[52]
West Virginia	Cardinal ''(Cardinalis cardinalis)''	thumb	1949[53]
Wisconsin	American Robin ''(Turdus migratorius)''	thumb	1949[54]
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark ''(Sturnella neglecta)''	thumb	1927[55]

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References

References

1. Debate:Is the Florida State Bird a mosquito or the flying cockroach?
2. Mosquito
3. Mosquito:State Bird of Alaska
4. Alabama State Bird
5. Official Alabama Game Bird
6. Alaska State Bird
7. Arizona State Bird
8. Arkansas State Bird
9. California State Bird
10. Colorado State Bird
11. Connecticut State Bird
12. Delaware State Bird
13. District of Columbia State Bird
14. Florida State Bird
15. Georgia State Bird
16. Hawaii State Bird
17. Idaho State Bird
18. Illinois State Bird
19. Indiana State Bird
20. Iowa State Bird
21. Kansas State Bird
22. Kentucky State Bird
23. Louisiana State Bird
24. Maine State Bird
25. Maryland State Bird
26. Massachusetts State Bird
27. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm
28. Michigan State Bird
29. Minnesota State Bird
30. Mississippi State Bird
31. Missouri State Bird
32. Montana State Bird
33. Nebraska State Bird
34. Nevada State Bird
35. New Hampshire State Bird
36. New Jersey State Bird
37. New Mexico State Bird
38. New York State Bird
39. North Carolina State Bird
40. North Dakota State Bird
41. Ohio State Bird
42. Oklahoma State Bird
43. Oregon State Bird
44. Pennsylvania State Bird
45. Rhode Island State Bird
46. South Dakota State Bird
47. Tennessee State Bird
48. Texas State Bird
49. Utah State Bird
50. Vermont State Bird
51. Virginia State Bird
52. Symbols of Washington State
53. West Virginia State Bird
54. Wisconsin State Bird
55. Wyoming State Bird