List of U.S. state birds
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state's legislature, as well as the District of Columbia's state bird. The list also contains U.S. territory birds as designated by each territory'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. 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. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. Each of the five inhabited territories of the United States has a designated territorial bird.
State birds
Other state birds
In addition to having a state bird, some states have chosen a state game bird, a state waterfowl, a state raptor, or a bird as their state symbol of peace.| State | State bird | Binomial nomenclature | Photography | Year |
| Alabama | Wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 1980 | |
| Georgia | Bobwhite quail | Colinus virginianus | 1970 | |
| Idaho | Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus | 2004 | |
| Massachusetts | Wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 1991 | |
| Mississippi | Wood duck | Aix sponsa | 1974 | |
| Missouri | Bobwhite quail | Colinus virginianus | 2007 | |
| Oklahoma | Wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 1990 | |
| South Carolina | Northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | 1939 - 1948 | |
| South Carolina | Wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 1976 | |
| South Carolina | Wood duck | Aix sponsa | 2009 | |
| Tennessee | Bobwhite quail | Colinus virginianus | 1987 | |
| Wisconsin | Eastern mourning dove | Zenaida macroura carolinensis | 1971 |
States with the same state bird
Some state birds are shared between multiple states. Of the 50 states, a total of 32 do not have a unique state bird.| Bird | # of states |
| Northern cardinal | 7 |
| Western meadowlark | 6 |
| Northern mockingbird | 5 |
| Wild turkey | 4 |
| American robin | 3 |
| Bobwhite quail | 3 |
| American goldfinch | 3 |
| Chickadee | 2 |
| Chicken | 2 |
| Eastern bluebird | 2 |
| Mountain bluebird | 2 |
| Wood Duck | 2 |