+

Cookies on the Business Insider India website

Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.

Close
HomeNewslettersNextShare

The official state bird of all 50 states

  • The 50 states of the US (and Washington, D.C.) have been choosing official state birds since 1927.
  • Common "backyard" birds, like cardinals and robins, were chosen as state birds for more than one state.
  • Other birds, like Minnesota's common loon and New Mexico's infamous greater roadrunner, are rarer.
  • Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.

Birds can seem so ubiquitous, it's easy to forget just how many rare and beautiful species there are flying the skies of the US.

Certain types are more common than others, like the American robin and the northern cardinal, but others are entirely unique to a particular state or region, like New Mexico's roadrunner or South Dakota's ring-necked pheasant.

Here's every official state bird in the US, including our nation's capital.

Read the original article on Insider
Advertisement

You are subscribed to notifications!
Looks like you've blocked notifications!