Michigan State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Minnesota State Bird Common Loon Gavia immer. Michigan State Bird American Robin Turdus migratorius. Louisiana State Bird Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula. ^ The problem with naming ‘the chickadee’ as Maine’s state bird Bangor Daily News.Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kansas State Bird Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Iowa State Bird Eastern Goldfinch Carduelis tristis. The Nene Goose- Branta Sandvicensis-Hawaii's State Bird. Designation of “KO’KO” as the official Bird of Guam. Georgia State Bird Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum. Alaska History, Geography, Population and State Facts. Alabama Department of Archives and History. ^ a b "District of Columbia State Bird".^ a b "1931 Act 234", Unconsolidated Statutes, Pennsylvania General Assembly, retrieved."The Texanist: Why Do We Share a State Bird With Five Other States?". Of the 50 states, a total of 32 do not have a unique state bird. Some state birds are shared between multiple states. In addition to having a state bird, some states have chosen a state game bird (or state wild game bird), a state waterfowl (or state duck), a state raptor, or a bird as their state symbol of peace. ^ The ruffed grouse was named the "state game bird" in 1931 Act 234.
In 2017, the western meadowlark was made the official state songbird and the osprey was made the official state raptor. However, the Legislative Assembly never adopted it as official state bird of Oregon. ^ The western meadowlark was proclaimed the state bird by Governor I.Of the five inhabited territories of the United States, American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee have designated an additional "state game bird" for the purpose of hunting. Alaska, California, and South Dakota permit hunting of their state birds. Pennsylvania never chose an official state bird, but did choose the ruffed grouse as the state game bird. The last state to choose its bird was Arizona in 1973. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was started by the General Federation of Women's Clubs to name official state birds in the 1920s. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. state birds as designated by each state's, district's or territory's government.
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