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