the cardinal is the state bird of seven states.
the cardinal is the state bird of seven states.
how many states state bird is the cardinal?
seven states
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. 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. 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 (except for american samoa).
list of u.s. state birds
another attempt to conserve the bird is an ongoing campaign to name the florida scrub jay as the new state bird of florida. the main argument for changing the state bird is that the current state bird (viz. the northern mockingbird) is the state bird of several other states, while the scrub jay is exclusive to florida.
florida scrub jay