A state bird is the insignia of a state (sub-national entity).
See also:
- List of Australian bird emblems
- List of Brazilian state birds
- List of Canadian provincial birds
- List of Chinese provincial birds
- List of Indian state birds
- List of Pakistani provincial birds
- List of U.S. state birds
- The Hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the state bird of Israel.
Famous quotes containing the words state and/or bird:
“Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigor from a similar wild source. It was because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the northern forests who were.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy tale nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow’d and so gracious is the time.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)