Can you name the U.S. State Birds?

State	Bird
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri

State	Bird
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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U.S. State Birds Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: November 2nd, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
Plays: 32,715

Tags: State Quizzes, bird, US States

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	hi19hi19:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 04:51 GMT	6 points
	"Rhode Island Red" should work... didn't realize you had to type in "chicken" as well. Plus, rofl at the number of answers that pop up when you type in "cardinal"!

	Librería:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 04:54 GMT	7 points
	At least Louisiana is original. Brown Pelican woop

	magister:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 05:03 GMT	12 points
	Wow, with 7 birds, I can get 28 states!

	Chumley:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 05:09 GMT	3 points
	typing in chicken I can get Rhode Island Red Chicken but not the Blue Hen of Delaware which is a chicken.

	Adrian:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 05:13 GMT	2 points
	you mean pigeon isn't the state bird of new jersey?

	HollywoodLeo:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 07:34 GMT	4 points
	Just typing in "cardinal" and "mockingbird" gives you 12/50

	HollywoodLeo:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 07:36 GMT	7 points
	heh. You can get 22/50 with just 4 birds.

	davidr:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 15:10 GMT	18 points
	Dear Utah, Please try again. This time, choose a bird that doesn't have some other state in its name.

	squrillyboy:	Nov 2nd, 2008 at 19:16 GMT	4 points
	I just thought it was funny when I typed in "goose" and got nene for hawaii! lol

	retsyn:	Nov 3rd, 2008 at 18:09 GMT	-1 points
	utah chose the seagull because the whole state is a garbage dump... i can say that, i grew up there

	montecarlo:	Nov 3rd, 2008 at 21:04 GMT	2 points
	funny that typing 'red' gives you a correct answer.

	tophats:	May 5th, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	1 point
	Mosquito should be a bonus.

	shakescene:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 00:32 GMT	3 points
	Finch and lark don't seem to suffice; perhaps the meadowlark isn't a lark or the goldfinch not a finch; and I don't mean that sarcastically because I just don't know.

	melzmar:	Aug 25th, 2009 at 06:10 GMT	-4 points
	I got a 0% on this quiz. I typed in pigeon, thought for a minute, and gave up.

	steel03:	Aug 12th, 2010 at 20:26 GMT	1 point
	How have .1% more people gotten Iowa than New Jersey? :/

	jbraun1988:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 18:39 GMT	1 point
	nothing is working when I put it in to the answer. Need to make it again

	NatAlex92:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 22:34 GMT	1 point
	Western Meadowlark and Cardinal give you 13 out of 50. And considering the Meadowlark gives you 6 of those states, it's really a shame how few people guessed it.

	atakdog:	Apr 28th, 2011 at 23:00 GMT	1 point
	@sharkscene: No, the meadowlarks aren't larks (Alaudidae), nor even very closely related. They're in the Icteridae — in English, they're blackbirds. On the other hand, right now typing "lark" gets you the lark bunting, and that isn't a lark either, it's a sparrow (Emberizidae).

	atakdog:	Apr 28th, 2011 at 23:11 GMT	2 points
	@davidr and retsyn: Utah chose its state birds for historical reasons: in 1848 a "plague of locusts" (actually an irruption of mormon crickets) that was destroying crops was controlled by an influx of California gulls, Larus californicus. I applaud Utah for choosing a bird that actually means something to the state, rather than following the more common path and choosing a generic backyard bird that has no particular connection to any state, as about half the states have done. Sources are inconsistent in how they denote the bird. It is generally understood that the birds in 1848 were California gulls and it's usually listed that way on unofficial lists, but officially (according to Utah code section 63-13-5.5(2)) the state bird is simply the "sea gull". The state's own website splits the difference by calling it the "California Seagull," which is not the correct name of the species but does get the point across.

	trogon:	May 2nd, 2011 at 15:47 GMT	2 points
	"Northern Cardinal", which is the proper name of the only cardinal species found in the US, should give you all the states that have "cardinal". Likewise for "Northern Mockingbird".

	bogbug:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 04:08 GMT	1 point
	How about add Wood Thrush which is the official bird of DC -- that would fox the 50-staters. Also, "Lark" should not trigger Colorado to be filled in with Lark Bunting, which is not a lark but rather a close relative to sparrows (Fringillidae)!

	cmkeller:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 04:41 GMT	1 point
	Shouldn't the "Blue Hen of Delaware" appear when you type in "chicken"?