Official State Birds (all birds and fowl)

State	Name	Designated as	Year	Sharing states
Official birds listed by adoption year. (List by state or year)
Kentucky	Kentucky cardinal	Official state bird	1926	Illinois Indiana Ohio North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Alabama	Yellow-hammer	State bird	1927
Florida	Mockingbird	State bird	1927	Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Texas
Maine	Chickadee	Official bird	1927	Massachusetts
Missouri	Bluebird	Official bird	1927	New York
Oregon	Western meadowlark	Official bird	1927	Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota
Texas	Mockingbird	State bird	1927	Arkansas Florida Mississippi Tennessee
Wyoming	Meadowlark	State bird	1927
Arkansas	Mocking bird	State bird	1929	Florida Mississippi Tennessee Texas
Illinois	Cardinal	Official state bird	1929	Indiana Kentucky Ohio North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Nebraska	Western meadowlark	State bird	1929	Kansas Montana North Dakota Oregon
Arizona	Coues' cactus wren	State bird	1931
California	California valley quail	Official bird and avifaunal emblem	1931
Colorado	Lark bunting	State bird	1931
Idaho	Mountain bluebird	State bird	1931
Michigan	Robin red breast	Official state bird	1931	Connecticut Winsconsin
Montana	Western meadowlark	Official bird	1931	Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Oregon
Pennsylvania	Ruffed grouse	Official state game bird	1931
Indiana	Cardinal	Official state bird	1933	Illinois Kentucky Ohio North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Iowa	Eastern goldfinch	State bird	1933	New Jersey
Ohio	Cardinal	Official bird	1933	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Tennessee	Mockingbird	Official state bird	1933	Arkansas Florida Mississippi Texas
New Jersey	Eastern goldfinch	State bird	1935	Iowa
Kansas	Western meadow lark	Official bird	1937	Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon
Delaware	Blue hen chicken	Official bird	1939
Massachusetts	Chickadee	Bird or bird emblem	1941	Maine
Mississippi	Mockingbird	State bird	1941	Arkansas Florida Tennessee Texas
Vermont	Hermit thrush	State bird	1941
Connecticut	American robin	State bird	1943	Michigan Wisconsin
North Carolina	Cardinal	Official state bird	1943	Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Virginia West Virginia
South Dakota	Ring-necked pheasant	Official State bird	1943
Maryland	Baltimore oriole	State bird	1947
North Dakota	Western meadowlark	Official bird	1947	Kansas Montana Nebraska Oregon
South Carolina	Carolina wren	Official bird	1948
New Mexico	Chaparral bird	Official bird	1949
West Virginia	Cardinal	Official bird	1949	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Virginia
Wisconsin	Robin	State bird	1949	Connecticut Michigan
Virginia	Cardinal	State bird	1950	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio West Virginia
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed flycatcher	State bird	1951
Washington	Willow goldfinch	Official bird	1951
Rhode Island	Rhode Island red	Official state bird	1954
Alaska	Alaska willow ptarmigan	Official bird	1955
Utah	California gull	State bird	1955
Hawaii	Nene	Official bird	1957
New Hampshire	Purple finch	Official state bird	1957
Minnesota	Common loon	Official bird	1961
Louisiana	Brown pelican	Official bird	1966
Nevada	Mountain bluebird	Official state bird	1967
Georgia	Brown thrasher	Official Georgia state bird	1970
Georgia	Bobwhite quail	Official Georgia state game bird	1970	Missouri Tennessee
New York	Bluebird	Official bird	1970	Missouri
Mississippi	Wood duck	State waterfowl	1974	South Carolina
South Carolina	Wild turkey	Official wild game bird	1976	Alabama Massachusetts Oklahoma
Alabama	Wild turkey	Official state game bird	1980	Massachusetts Oklahoma South Carolina
Tennessee	Bobwhite quail	Official state game bird	1988	Georgia Missouri
Oklahoma	Wild turkey	State game bird	1990	Alabama Massachusetts South Carolina
Massachusetts	Wild turkey	Game bird and game bird emblem	1991	Alabama Oklahoma South Carolina
Idaho	Peregrine falcon	State raptor	2004
Missouri	Bobwhite quail	Official game bird	2007	Georgia Tennessee
South Carolina	Wood duck	Official state duck	2009	Mississippi
The Cardinal takes first place for the most popular bird of the United States. Seven states have chosen the cardinal as their state bird; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; North Carolina; Ohio; Virginia; West Virginia.
We have a tie for second place; the western meadowlark and the mockingbird. Five states have decided that the western meadowlark will be their official state bird. Those states are Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Oregon. The mockingbird also garnered the official state bird designation from five states; Arkansas; Florida; Mississippi; Texas; Tennessee.
The winner of the third place ribbon for the most popular state bird is perhaps somewhat surprising. The wild turkey garnered an official state bird designation from four states; Alabama; Massachusetts; Oklahhoma; and South Carolina.
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United Tweets of America Hudson Talbott United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds Their Stories, Their Glories, by Hudson Talbott. 64 pages. Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (May 1, 2008) Reading level: Ages 6+. Hilarious tribute to state birds! Welcome to the United Tweets Pageant! This colorful parade of state birds competing to be Top Tweet will have readers of all ages laughing aloud. From Alabama’s Yellowhammer to Wyoming’s Meadowlark, each bird is a winner—and each bird loves to show off the state it calls home. Hudson Talbott has created an inspired introduction to states and their birds. His vibrant, detailed illustrations infuse the birds’ interactions with energy and humor, making this a great way to spark kids’ interest in United States history, geography, and, of course, wildlife!
Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States National Geographic Guide to Birding Hot Spots of the United States, by Mel White. 99 pages. Publisher: National Geographic (March 21, 2006) Boasting more than 220 full-color illustrations and maps, this is the perfect practical companion to the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. A must-have for birders everywhere, it's as useful at home as on the road, pinpointing the best places to see more than 400 species of birds from coast to coast. A veritable pocket atlas of avian information, this guide will be equally useful to the novice just starting a lifelist and the advanced birder in search of an especially elusive species or a new and unique place to enjoy this enormously popular activity.
The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation, by Daniel J. Lebbin, Michael J. Parr, George H. Fenwick. 456 pages. Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (November 15, 2010) Whether we live in cities, in the suburbs, or in the country, birds are ubiquitous features of daily life, so much so that we often take them for granted. But even the casual observer is aware that birds don’t fill our skies in the number they once did. That awareness has spawned conservation action that has led to notable successes, including the recovery of some of the nation’s most emblematic species, such as the Bald Eagle, Brown Pelican, Whooping Crane, and Peregrine Falcon. Despite this, a third of all American bird species are in trouble—in many cases, they’re in imminent danger of extinction. The most authoritative account ever published of the threats these species face, The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation will be the definitive book on the subject. The Guide presents for the first time anywhere a classification system and threat analysis for bird habitats in the United States, the most thorough and scientifically credible assessment of threats to birds published to date, as well as a new list of birds of conservation concern.

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