<P> Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state's legislature . The selection of state birds began in 1927, when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds . The last state to choose its bird was Arizona in 1973 . Alaska, California, and South Dakota permit hunting of their state birds . Pennsylvania has adopted a "state game bird" but not a state bird, while Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee have designated an additional "state game bird" for the purpose of hunting . The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states . Several states have extinct official animals, such as state dinosaurs in addition to state insects, state butterflies, state mammals and state reptiles . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Th> State bird </Th> <Th> Binomial nomenclature </Th> <Th> Photography </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alabama </Th> <Td> Yellowhammer (state bird) </Td> <Td> Colaptes auratus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wild turkey (state game bird) </Td> <Td> Meleagris gallopavo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alaska </Th> <Td> Willow ptarmigan </Td> <Td> Lagopus lagopus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Arizona </Th> <Td> Cactus wren </Td> <Td> Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Arkansas </Th> <Td> Northern mockingbird </Td> <Td> Mimus polyglottos </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> California </Th> <Td> California quail </Td> <Td> Callipepla californica </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Colorado </Th> <Td> Lark bunting </Td> <Td> Calamospiza melanocorys </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Connecticut </Th> <Td> American robin </Td> <Td> Turdus migratorius </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Delaware </Th> <Td> Delaware Blue Hen </Td> <Td> Gallus gallus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Florida </Th> <Td> Northern mockingbird </Td> <Td> Mimus polyglottos </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Georgia </Th> <Td> Brown thrasher (state bird) </Td> <Td> Toxostoma rufum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bobwhite quail (state game bird) </Td> <Td> Colinus virginianus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hawaii </Th> <Td> Nēnē or Hawaiian goose </Td> <Td> Branta sandvicensis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Idaho </Th> <Td> Mountain bluebird </Td> <Td> Sialia currucoides </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Illinois </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Indiana </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Iowa </Th> <Td> Eastern goldfinch also known as the American goldfinch </Td> <Td> Spinus tristis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kansas </Th> <Td> Western meadowlark </Td> <Td> Sturnella neglecta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kentucky </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Louisiana </Th> <Td> Brown pelican </Td> <Td> Pelecanus occidentalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Maine </Th> <Td> Black - capped chickadee </Td> <Td> Poecile atricapilla </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Maryland </Th> <Td> Baltimore oriole </Td> <Td> Icterus galbula </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1947 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Massachusetts </Th> <Td> Black - capped chickadee (state bird) </Td> <Td> Poecile atricapilla </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wild turkey (state game bird) </Td> <Td> Meleagris gallopavo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Michigan </Th> <Td> American robin </Td> <Td> Turdus migratorius </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Minnesota </Th> <Td> Common loon </Td> <Td> Gavia immer </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1961 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mississippi </Th> <Td> Northern mockingbird </Td> <Td> Mimus polyglottos </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wood duck (state waterfowl) </Td> <Td> Aix sponsa </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Missouri </Th> <Td> Eastern bluebird </Td> <Td> Sialia sialis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bobwhite quail (state game bird) </Td> <Td> Colinus virginianus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Montana </Th> <Td> Western meadowlark </Td> <Td> Sturnella neglecta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nebraska </Th> <Td> Western meadowlark </Td> <Td> Sturnella neglecta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nevada </Th> <Td> Mountain bluebird </Td> <Td> Sialia currucoides </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> New Hampshire </Th> <Td> Purple finch </Td> <Td> Carpodacus purpureus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> New Jersey </Th> <Td> Eastern goldfinch <P> also known as the American Goldfinch </P> </Td> <Td> Spinus tristis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1935 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> New Mexico </Th> <Td> Roadrunner also known as the greater roadrunner </Td> <Td> Geococcyx californianus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> New York </Th> <Td> Eastern bluebird </Td> <Td> Sialia sialis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> North Carolina </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> North Dakota </Th> <Td> Western meadowlark </Td> <Td> Sturnella neglecta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ohio </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Oklahoma </Th> <Td> Scissor - tailed flycatcher </Td> <Td> Tyrannus forficatus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1951 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wild turkey (state game bird) </Td> <Td> Meleagris gallopavo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Oregon </Th> <Td> Western meadowlark </Td> <Td> Sturnella neglecta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pennsylvania </Th> <Td> Ruffed grouse (state game bird) </Td> <Td> Bonasa umbellus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Rhode Island </Th> <Td> Rhode Island Red </Td> <Td> Gallus gallus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1954 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> South Carolina </Th> <Td> Northern mockingbird (former state bird) </Td> <Td> Mimus polyglottos </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1939 - 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carolina wren </Td> <Td> Thryothorus ludovicianus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wild turkey (state wild game bird) </Td> <Td> Meleagris gallopavo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> South Dakota </Th> <Td> Ring - necked pheasant </Td> <Td> Phasianus colchicus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tennessee </Th> <Td> Northern mockingbird </Td> <Td> Mimus polyglottos </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bobwhite quail (state wild game bird) </Td> <Td> Colinus virginianus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Texas </Th> <Td> Northern mockingbird </Td> <Td> Mimus polyglottos </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Utah </Th> <Td> California gull </Td> <Td> Larus californicus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Vermont </Th> <Td> Hermit thrush </Td> <Td> Catharus guttatus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Virginia </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1950 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Washington </Th> <Td> Willow goldfinch also known as the American goldfinch </Td> <Td> Spinus tristis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1951 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> West Virginia </Th> <Td> Northern cardinal </Td> <Td> Cardinalis cardinalis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Wisconsin </Th> <Td> American robin </Td> <Td> Turdus migratorius </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Wyoming </Th> <Td> Western meadowlark </Td> <Td> Sturnella neglecta </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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