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Kansas State Bird

Kansas State Bird: Western Meadow Lark (Sturnella neglecta)

Adoption of the Kansas State Bird

In 1925, the Kansas Audubon Society conducted a contest in which the school children of the State chose by ballot the bird which they wished to become the State bird. The western meadow lark, the bobwhite quail, the cardinal, and the robin were the closest competative candidates. Of 121,191 votes cast, the western meadow lark received 48,395 votes, about 10,000 more votes than its nearest competitor. The bobwhite quail and the cardinal finished second and third respectively.

The Kansas Legislature approved the western meadow lark (Sturnella neglecta) as the official state bird of Kansas in 1937.

The Kansas Statutes

The following information is excerpted from the Kansas Statutes, Chapter 73, Article 9, Section 73-901.

Chapter 73.--SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND PATRIOTIC EMBLEMS.
Article 9.--STATE BIRD.

73-901. Designation. The bird known as the western meadow lark, Sturnella-Neglecta (Audubon), as preferred by a vote of Kansas school children, is hereby designated and declared to be the official bird of the state of Kansas.
History: L. 1937, ch. 319, § 1; June 30.

Additional Information

Western Meadowlark: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds.

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

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.

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

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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols: A Study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and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: Kansas Statutes, (http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/index.do), April 8, 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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