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Arkansas State Bird

Adoption of the State Bird

Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

The mocking bird, or mockingbird, was adopted by the Forty-seventh General Assembly of Arkansas by House Concurrent Resolution No. 22 on March 5, 1929. The resolution read, in part:

"Whereas, most of the States of the American Union have by resolution declared what should be their State Bird; and,

Whereas, the State of Arkansas has not by Resolution of the General Assembly declared what shall be regarded as the State Bird; and,

Whereas, the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs have done much for the protection of the birds of the state;

Now, therefore be it resolved, by the House of the Forty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, the Senate concurring therein, the 'Mocking Bird', be declared and everywhere recognized as the State Bird of the State of Arkansas."

The Arkansas Code (Non annotated)

The following information is excerpted from the Arkansas Code (Non annotated), Title 1, Chapter 2, Section 1-4-118.

TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
CHAPTER 2. STATE SYMBOLS, MOTTO, ETC.

1-4-118. State bird.

The mockingbird is declared and everywhere recognized as the state bird of the State of Arkansas.

History. House Concurrent Resolution No. 22, Acts 1929.

Additional Information

Mimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird): University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.

State Bird List: List of all of the state birds.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: by Roger Tory Peterson.

Bird Feeders and Accessories: Backyard Birding > Bird Feeders & Accessories from Amazon.com.

State Birds & Flowers 1000-pc Puzzle: Created at the request of The National Wildlife Federation this design is a beautiful and informative puzzle featuring every state bird perched on the appropriate state flower.

State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide, Third Edition - Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer, Greenwood Press, 2002

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols: A Study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and on some of the leading state histories, Revised Edition - George Earlie Shankle, Ph.D., The H.W. Wilson Company, 1938 (Reprint Services Corp. 1971)

Source: The Arkansas Code (Non annotated), (http://170.94.58.9/data/ar_code.asp), April 6, 2005
Source: State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide, Third Edition - Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer, Greenwood Press, 2002
Source: State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols: Revised Edition (Reprint)- George Earlie Shankle, Ph.D., The H.W. Wilson Company, 1938

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