U.S. State Bird Quiz

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of Tennessee?

Answer: A state bird of Tennessee is the northern mockingbird. It has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes. (The bobwhite quail is Tennessee’s game bird.)

Question: What is the state bird of Pennsylvania?

Answer: The state bird of Pennsylvania is the ruffed grouse, which is sometimes called a partridge. The male is famous for drumming—beating his wings rapidly against the air—to proclaim his territory.

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of Alabama?

Answer: One state bird of Alabama is locally called the yellowhammer (elsewhere called a northern, or yellow-shafted, flicker). It is a 16-cm- (6-inch-) long bird that derives its name from the yellow on its underparts, wings, tail, and head. The wild turkey is Alabama’s game bird.

Question: What is the state bird of West Virginia?

Answer: The state bird of West Virginia is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of New Jersey?

Answer: The state bird of New Jersey is the eastern goldfinch, also known as the American goldfinch. The 13-cm (5-inch) eastern goldfinch is found across North America. The male is bright yellow, with black cap, wings, and tail.

Question: What is the state bird of Washington?

Answer: The state bird of Washington state is the willow goldfinch, also known as the American goldfinch or the eastern goldfinch. The 13-cm (5-inch) willow goldfinch is found across North America. The male is bright yellow, with black cap, wings, and tail.

Question: What is the state bird of South Dakota?

Answer: The state bird of South Dakota is the ring-necked pheasant, also called the common pheasant. It has 20–30 races ranging across Asia. Birds naturalized elsewhere are mixtures of races in which the gray-rumped ringneck (or Chinese) strain usually dominates.

Question: What is the state bird of Illinois?

Answer: The state bird of Illinois is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of Wyoming?

Answer: The state bird of Wyoming is the western meadowlark. Western meadowlarks have a bright yellow breast with a black V crossing it. In flight, the outer tail feathers flash white.

Question: What is the state bird of Iowa?

Answer: The state bird of Iowa is the eastern goldfinch, also known as the American goldfinch. The 13-cm (5-inch) eastern goldfinch is found across North America. The male is bright yellow, with black cap, wings, and tail.

Question: What is the state bird of Utah?

Answer: The state bird of Utah is the California gull. The bird is mostly white with black-gray wings. Its yellow bill is more slender than the bill of other gull species.

Question: What is the state bird of Kansas?

Answer: The state bird of Kansas is the western meadowlark. Western meadowlarks have a bright yellow breast with a black V crossing it. In flight, the outer tail feathers flash white.

Question: What is the state bird of Arkansas?

Answer: The state bird of Arkansas is the northern mockingbird. It has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes.

Question: What is the state bird of Rhode Island?

Answer: The state bird of Rhode Island is the Rhode Island Red. The Rhode Island Red is a chicken bred for its egg laying.

Question: What is the state bird of Nebraska?

Answer: The state bird of Nebraska is the western meadowlark. Western meadowlarks have a bright yellow breast with a black V crossing it. In flight, the outer tail feathers flash white.

Question: What is the state bird of Arizona?

Answer: The state bird of Arizona is Coues’s cactus wren. The songbird’s crown and hind neck are deep brown. The back is grayish brown variegated with white. The underparts are white to cinnamon-buff and are spotted black. Above each eye there is a white line.

Question: What is the state bird of New Mexico?

Answer: The state bird of New Mexico is the roadrunner. Clumsy in flight and tiring rapidly, the bird usually prefers to run along roads or across sagebrush, chaparral, or mesquite flats. (“Beep! Beep!”)

Question: What is the state bird of Georgia?

Answer: The state bird of Georgia is the brown thrasher. It is from the bird family Mimidae and is known for its singing and mimicking. The brown thrasher is a good singer but does not mimic as often as the mockingbird.

Question: What is the state bird of North Carolina?

Answer: The state bird of North Carolina is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of Vermont?

Answer: The state bird of Vermont is the hermit thrush. The hermit thrush is 18 cm (7 inches) long. It is a famous singer found in Canadian and U.S. coniferous woodlands.

Question: What is the state bird of California?

Answer: The state bird of California is the California valley quail. It is short-necked plump bird with a feather protruding from the forehead. The wings are short and broad.

Question: What is the state bird of Oregon?

Answer: The state bird of Oregon is the western meadowlark. Western meadowlarks have a bright yellow breast with a black V crossing it. In flight, the outer tail feathers flash white.

Question: What is the state bird of Maryland?

Answer: The state bird of Maryland is the Baltimore oriole. The Baltimore Oriolesbaseball team is named after this black, white, and golden orange bird.

Question: What is the state bird of Missouri?

Answer: The state bird of Missouri is the eastern bluebird. Male eastern bluebirds have brick-red breasts. Their distinguishing characteristic is their deep blue head, feathers, and back. The female is grayer in these areas but tinged with blue.

Question: What is the state bird of Montana?

Answer: The state bird of Montana is the western meadowlark. Western meadowlarks have a bright yellow breast with a black V crossing it. In flight, the outer tail feathers flash white.

Question: What is the state bird of Ohio?

Answer: The state bird of Ohio is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of New Hampshire?

Answer: The state bird of New Hampshire is the purple finch. The male purple finch is a red-pink colour on the head. The belly of the purple finch is white mixed with red-pink, and the back is brown mixed with red-pink. Female purple finches have no red.

Question: What is the state bird of Texas?

Answer: The state bird of Texas is the northern mockingbird. It has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes.

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of Oklahoma?

Answer: One state bird of Oklahoma is the scissor-tailed flycatcher. This bird has a black-and-white deeply forked long tail. The bird is generally gray with black wings. (Oklahoma’s game bird is the wild turkey.)

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of Idaho?

Answer: A state bird of Idaho is the mountain bluebird. Unlike the other two species of bluebirds, the eastern and western bluebirds, the male mountain bluebird is almost entirely blue. The female is mostly brownish gray, which can be tinged greenish blue. (Idaho also has a designated state raptor: the peregrine falcon.)

Question: What is the state bird of North Dakota?

Answer: The state bird of North Dakota is the western meadowlark. Western meadowlarks have a bright yellow breast with a black V crossing it. Iin flight, the outer tail feathers flash white.

Question: What is the state bird of Louisiana?

Answer: The state bird of Louisiana is the eastern brown pelican. The eastern brown pelican is an endangered species with a 46-cm- (18-inch-) long bill. The feathers on its body are silver-gray. Its head is white in front and brown in back.

Question: What is the state bird of Maine?

Answer: The state bird of Maine is the black-capped chickadee. When it comes to mating, black-capped chickadees have a dominance hierarchy structure. More dominant males tend to mate with more dominant females.

Question: What is the state bird of Kentucky?

Answer: The state bird of Kentucky is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of Connecticut?

Answer: The state bird of Connecticut is the American robin. The American robin is about 25 cm (10 inches) long and has gray-brown upperparts, a rusty breast, and white-tipped outer tail feathers.

Question: What is the state bird of Nevada?

Answer: The state bird of Nevada is the mountain bluebird. Unlike the other two species of bluebirds, the eastern and western bluebirds, the male mountain bluebird is almost entirely blue. The female is mostly brownish gray, which can be tinged greenish blue.

Question: What is the state bird of Indiana?

Answer: The state bird of Indiana is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of Florida?

Answer: The state bird of Florida is the northern mockingbird. It has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes.

Question: What is the state bird of Virginia?

Answer: The state bird of Virginia is the northern cardinal. The northern cardinal is the only red North American bird with a crest. It is the official bird of seven eastern U.S. states and is especially common in the southeast.

Question: What is the state bird of Hawaii?

Answer: The state bird of Hawaii is the nene, or Hawaiian goose. The nene is a relative of the Canada goose that evolved in the Hawaiian Islands into a nonmigratory nonaquatic species with shortened wings and half-webbed feet for walking on rough lava.

Question: What is the state bird of Delaware?

Answer: The state bird of Delaware is the blue hen chicken, or Delaware blue hen. It is one of three state birds (South Dakota and Rhode Island having the others) that is not native to the United States. It is descended primarily from the wild red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) of India.

Question: What is the state bird of Wisconsin?

Answer: The state bird of Wisconsin is the American robin. The American robin is about 25 cm (10 inches) long and has gray-brown upperparts, a rusty breast, and white-tipped outer tail feathers.

Question: What is the state bird of Alaska?

Answer: The state bird of Alaska is the willow ptarmigan. Ptarmigan are a species of partridgelike grouse of cold regions, belonging to the genus Lagopus of the grouse family, Tetraonidae.

Question: What is the state bird of Michigan?

Answer: The state bird of Michigan is the American robin. The American robin is about 25 cm (10 inches) long and has gray-brown upperparts, a rusty breast, and white-tipped outer tail feathers.

Question: What is the state bird of New York?

Answer: The state bird of New York is the eastern bluebird. Male eastern bluebirds have brick-red breasts. Their distinguishing characteristic is their deep blue head, feathers, and back. The female is grayer in these areas but tinged with blue.

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of South Carolina?

Answer: One state bird of South Carolina is the Carolina wren. The Carolina wren is a small round bird with a downward-curving bill. These wrens are very protective of their territory: they chase away potential threats with their singing. (South Carolina also has a designated game bird, the wild turkey, and a designated waterfowl, the wood duck.)

Question: What is the state bird of Minnesota?

Answer: The state bird of Minnesota is the common loon. The common loon is known for its haunting voice, which is heard in the summer on northern lakes and is considered to be a symbol of the wilderness.

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of Mississippi?

Answer: A state bird of Mississippi is the northern mockingbird. It has been known to imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 minutes. (The wood duck is Mississippi’s designated waterfowl.)

Question: Which one of these is a state bird of Massachusetts?

Answer: A state bird of Massachusetts is the black-capped chickadee. When it comes to mating, black-capped chickadees have a dominance hierarchy structure. More dominant males tend to mate with more dominant females. (The wild turkey is the state game bird.)

Question: What is the state bird of Colorado?

Answer: The state bird of Colorado is the lark bunting. Breeding males are black with white patches on their wings. Females and nonbreeding males are brownish.