This is a list of U.S. state birds .

State	State bird	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year
Alabama	Yellowhammer aka Northern Flicker (state bird)	Colaptes auratus		1927 [1]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1980 [2]
Alaska	Willow Ptarmigan	Lagopus lagopus		1955 [3]
Arizona	Cactus Wren	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus		1973 [4]
Arkansas	Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1929 [5]
California	California Quail	Callipepla californica		1931 [6]
Colorado	Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys		1931 [7]
Connecticut	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1943 [8]
Delaware	Blue Hen Chicken	Gallus gallus		1939 [9]
District of Columbia	Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina		1938 [10]
Florida	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927 [11]
Georgia	Brown Thrasher (state bird)	Toxostoma rufum		1928 [12]
	Bobwhite Quail (state game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1970 [13]
Hawaii	N?n? or Hawaiian Goose	Branta sandvicensis		1957 [14]
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1931 [15]
Illinois	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1928 [16]
Indiana	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933 [17]
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1933 [18]
Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1933 [19]
Kentucky	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1942 [20]
Louisiana	Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis		1966 [21]
Maine	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1927 [22]
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula		1947 [23]
Massachusetts	Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapilla		1941 [24]
	Wild Turkey (state game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1991 [25]
Michigan	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1931 [26]
Minnesota	Common Loon	Gavia immer		1961 [27]
Mississippi	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1944 [28]
	Wood duck (state waterfowl)	Aix sponsa		1974 [29]
Missouri	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1927 [30]
Montana	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1941 [31]
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1929 [32]
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Sialia currucoides		1967 [33]
New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus		1957 [34]
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1935 [35]
New Mexico	Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus		1949 [36]
New York	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis		1970 [37]
North Carolina	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1943 [38]
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1970 [39]
Ohio	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1933 [40]
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus		1951 [41]
Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927 [42]
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Bonasa umbellus		1931 [43]
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red chicken	Gallus gallus		1954 [44]
South Carolina	Northern Mockingbird (former state bird)	Mimus polyglottos		1939 - 1948 [45]
	Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus		1948 [45]
	Wild Turkey (state wild game bird)	Meleagris gallopavo		1976 [46]
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus		1943 [47]
Tennessee	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1933 [48]
	Bobwhite Quail (state wild game bird)	Colinus virginianus		1987 [49]
Texas	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos		1927 [50]
Utah	California Gull	Larus californicus		1955 [51]
Vermont	Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus		1941 [52]
Virginia	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1950 [53]
Washington	Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis		1951 [54]
West Virginia	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis		1949 [55]
Wisconsin	American Robin	Turdus migratorius		1949 [56]
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta		1927 [57]
Guam	Guam Rail	Gallirallus owstoni		?
Northern Mariana Islands	Mariana Fruit-dove	Ptilinopus roseicapilla		?
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican Spindalis	Spindalis portoricensis		?
U.S. Virgin Islands	Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola		1970

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