List of U.S. state birds

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[1]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1980[2]
Alaska	Willow Ptarmigan	Lagopus lagopus		1955[3]
Arizona	Cactus Wren	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus		1973[4]
Arkansas	Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1929[5]
California	California Quail	Callipepla californica		1931[6]
Colorado	Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys		1931[7]
Connecticut	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1943[8]
Delaware	Blue Hen Chicken	Gallus gallus		1939[9]
District of Columbia	Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina		1938[10]
Florida	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927[11]
Georgia	Brown Thrasher (state bird)	Toxostoma rufum		1928[12]
	Bobwhite Quail (state game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1970[13]
Hawaii	Nēnē or Hawaiian Goose	Branta sandvicensis		1957[14]
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1931[15]
Illinois	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1928[16]
Indiana	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933[17]
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1933[18]
Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1933[19]
Kentucky	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1942[20]
Louisiana	Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis		1966[21]
Maine	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1927[22]
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula		1947[23]
Massachusetts	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1941[24]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1991[25]
Michigan	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1931[26]
Minnesota	Common Loon	Gavia immer		1961[27]
Mississippi	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1944[28]
	Wood duck (state waterfowl)	Aix sponsa		1974[29]
Missouri	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1927[30]
Montana	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1941[31]
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1929[32]
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1967[33]
New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus		1957[34]
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1935[35]
New Mexico	Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus		1949[36]
New York	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1970[37]
North Carolina	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1943[38]
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1970[39]
Ohio	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933[40]
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus		1951[41]
Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927[42]
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Bonasa umbellus		1931[43]
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red chicken	Gallus gallus		1954[44]
South Carolina	Northern Mockingbird (former state bird)	Mimus polyglottos		1939 - 1948[45]
	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus		1948[45]
	Wild Turkey (state wild game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1976[46]
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus		1943[47]
Tennessee	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1933[48]
	Bobwhite Quail (state wild game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1987[49]
Texas	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927[50]
Utah	California Gull	Larus californicus		1955[51]
Vermont	Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus		1941[52]
Virginia	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1950[53]
Washington	Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1951[54]
West Virginia	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1949[55]
Wisconsin	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1949[56]
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927[57]
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