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OFFICIAL STATE BIRDS & FOWL (ALL)

State	Bird	Adopted as	Year	Sharing States
Alabama	Yellow-hammer	State bird	1927
Alabama	Wild Turkey	Official State game bird	1980	Massachusetts Oklahoma South Carolina
Alaska	Alaska Willow Ptarmigan	Official bird	1955
Arizona	Coues' Cactus Wren	State bird	1931
Arkansas	Mockingbird	State bird	1929	Florida Mississippi Tennessee Texas
California	California Valley Quail	official bird and avifaunal emblem	1931
Colorado	Lark Bunting	State bird	1931
Connecticut	American Robin	State bird	1943	Michigan Wisconsin
Delaware	Blue Hen Chicken	Official bird	1939
Florida	Mockingbird	State bird	1927	Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Texas
Georgia	Brown Thrasher	Official Georgia State bird	1970
Georgia	Bobwhite Quail	Official Georgia State game bird	1970	Missouri Tennessee
Hawaii	Nene (Hawaiian Goose)	Official bird	1957
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	State bird	1931
Idaho	Peregrine Falcon	State raptor	2004
Illinois	Cardinal	Official State bird	1929	Indiana Kentucky Ohio North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Indiana	Cardinal	Official State bird	1933	Illinois Kentucky Ohio North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch	State bird	1933	New Jersey
Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Official bird	1937	Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon Wyoming
Kentucky	Cardinal	Official State bird	1926	Illinois Indiana Ohio North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Louisiana	Brown Pelican	Official bird	1966
Maine	Chickadee	State bird	1927	Massachusetts
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	State bird	1947
Massachusetts	Chickadee	Bird or bird emblem	1941	Maine
Massachusetts	Wild Turkey	Game bird and game bird emblem	1991	Alabama Oklahoma South Carolina
Michigan	Robin Red Breast	Official State bird	1931	Connecticut Winsconsin
Minnesota	Common Loon	Official bird	1961
Mississippi	Mockingbird	State bird	1941	Arkansas Florida Tennessee Texas
Mississippi	Wood Duck	State waterfowl	1974
Missouri	Bluebird	Official bird	1927	New York
Missouri	Bobwhite quail	Official game bird	2007	Georgia Tennessee
Montana	Western Meadowlark	Official bird	1931	Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Oregon Wyoming
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	State bird	1929	Kansas Montana North Dakota Oregon Wyoming
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Official State bird	1967
New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Official State bird	1957
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	State bird	1935	Iowa
New Mexico	Chaparral Bird (Roadrunner)	Official bird	1949
New York	Bluebird	Official bird	1970	Missouri
North Carolina	Cardinal	Official State bird	1943	Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Virginia West Virginia
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Official bird	1947	Kansas Montana Nebraska Oregon Wyoming
Ohio	Cardinal	Official bird	1933	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Virginia West Virginia
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	State bird	1951
Oklahoma	Wild Turkey	State game bird	1990	Alabama Massachusetts South Carolina
Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Official bird	1927	Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota Wyoming
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Official State game bird	1931
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red	Official State bird	1954
South Carolina	Carolina Wren	Official bird	1948
South Carolina	Wild Turkey	Official wild game bird	1976	Alabama Massachusetts Oklahoma
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Official State bird	1943
Tennessee	Mockingbird	Official State bird	1933	Arkansas Florida Mississippi Texas
Tennessee	Bobwhite Quail	Official State game bird	1988	Georgia Missouri
Texas	Mockingbird	State bird	1927
Utah	California Gull	State bird	1955
Vermont	Hermit Thrush	State bird	1941
Virginia	Cardinal	State bird	1950	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio West Virginia
Washington	Willow Goldfinch	Official bird	1951
West Virginia	Cardinal	Official bird	1949	Illinois Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Virginia
Wisconsin	Robin	State bird	1949	Connecticut Michigan
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	State bird	1927	Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon
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.
In a close race, the Western Meadowlark has captured the second place position as the second most popular state bird. Six states have decided that the Western Meadowlark will be their official state bird. Those states are Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon and Wyoming.
The winner of the third place ribbon for the most popular state bird is the Mockingbird. The Mockingbird garnered the official state bird designation from five states; Arkansas; Florida; Mississippi; Texas; Tennessee.
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