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Missouri State Bird

Bluebird Sialia sialis Adopted:1927
Missouri State Bird
Missouri State Bird: Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Adoption of the Missouri State Bird

The bluebird (Sialia sialis) was adopted as the state bird of Missouri by an act of the Missiouri General Assembly on March 30, 1927.

The Missouri Revised Statutes

The following information is excerpted from the Missouri Revised Statutes, Title 2, Chapter 10, Section 10.010.

Additional Information

Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird): University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.

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

Birds of Missouri: Field Guide: by Stan Tekiela.

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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols: A Study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and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: Missouri Revised Statutes, (http://www.moga.state.mo.us/statutesearch/), April 11, 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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