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, Minnesota, Maine, and Alaska 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
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1980
Alaska	Willow Ptarmigan	Lagopus lagopus		1955
Arizona	Cactus Wren	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus		1973
Arkansas	Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1929
California	California Quail	Lophortyx californica		1931
Colorado	Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys		1931
Connecticut	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1943
Delaware	Blue Hen of Delaware	Gallus gallus		1939
District of Columbia	Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina		1938
Florida	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927
Georgia	Brown Thrasher (state bird)	Toxostoma rufum		1928
	Bobwhite Quail (state game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1970
Hawaii	Nēnē or Hawaiian Goose	Branta sandvicensis		1957
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1931
Illinois	Cardinal aka Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1928
Indiana	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1933
Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1933
Kentucky	Kentucky Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1942
Louisiana	Eastern Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis		1966
Maine	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1927
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula		1947
Massachusetts	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1941
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1991
Michigan	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1931
Minnesota	Common Loon	Gavia immer		1961
Mississippi	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1944
	Wood duck (state waterfowl)	Aix sponsa		1974
Missouri	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1927
Montana	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1941
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1929
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1967
New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus		1957
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1935
New Mexico	Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus		1949
New York	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1970
North Carolina	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1943
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1970
Ohio	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus		1951
Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Bonasa umbellus		1931
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red Chicken	Gallus gallus		1954
South Carolina	Mockingbird (former state bird)	Mimus polyglottos		1939 - 1948
	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus		1948
	Wild Turkey (state wild game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1976
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus		1943
Tennessee	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1933
	Bobwhite Quail (state wild game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1987
Texas	Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927
Utah	California Gull	Larus californicus		1955
Vermont	Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus		1941
Virginia	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1950
Washington	Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1951
West Virginia	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1949
Wisconsin	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1949
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927

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