Listing by State
Birds most commonly named U.S. State birds
Listed by State
- Alabama: Northern Flicker also known as Yellowhammer (Colaptes auratus):
- Alaska: Willow Grouse aka Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
- Arizona: Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
- Arkansas: Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- California: California Quail aka California Valley Quail or Valley Quail (Callipepla californica)
- Colorado: Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
- Connecticut: American Robin or Migratory Thrush (Turdus migratorius)
- Delaware: Blue Hen Chicken
- Florida: Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) – Ongoing campaign to have the Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) replace the mockingbird as the State Bird since this bird species is found only in Florida; and is classified as threatened (of extinction) due to fragmentation and loss of its natural habitat.
- Georgia: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Hawaii: Nene aka Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)
- Idaho: Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
- Illinois and Indiana: Northern Cardinal or Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Iowa: American Goldfinch or Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
- Kansas: Western Meadowlark or Missouri Meadow-lark (Sturnella neglecta)Kentucky: Northern Cardinal or Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Louisiana: Eastern Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis)
- Maine: Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
- Maryland: Northern Oriole aka Baltimore Oriole or Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Massachusetts: Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
- Michigan: American Robin or Migratory Thrush (Turdus migratorius) … Michigan’s State Bird of Peace: Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Minnesota: Great Northern Loon, Great Northern Diver or Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Mississippi: Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos
- Missouri: Eastern Bluebird aka Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- Montana: Western Meadowlark or Missouri Meadow-lark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Nebraska: Western Meadowlark or Missouri Meadow-lark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Nevada: Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
- New Hampshire: Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
- New Jersey: American Goldfinch or Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
- New Mexico: Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
- New York: Eastern Bluebird aka Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- North Carolina: Northern Cardinal or Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- North Dakota: Western Meadowlark or Missouri Meadow-lark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Ohio: Northern Cardinal or Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Oklahoma: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- Oregon: Western Meadowlark or Missouri Meadow-lark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Pennsylvania: Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island Red (Chicken)
- South Carolina: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
- South Dakota: Ring-necked Pheasant or Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
- Tennessee and Texas: Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Utah: Common American Gull or California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Vermont: Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)Virginia: Northern Cardinal or Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Washington: American Goldfinch, Willow or Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
- West Virginia: Northern Cardinal or Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Wisconsin: American Robin or Migratory Thrush (Turdus migratorius)
- Wyoming: Western Meadowlark or Missouri Meadow-lark (Sturnella neglecta)
