List of Indian state birds: Difference between revisions

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India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.^[1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols.^[2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including birds listed below.

States

List of Indian state birds
State	Common name^[3]	Binomial name^[4]	Image	IUCN category^[5]
Andhra Pradesh	Rose-ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri	File:Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri borealis) male Jaipur 2.jpg	Least Concern
Arunachal Pradesh	Great hornbill	Buceros bicornis	File:Great hornbill Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg	Vulnerable
Assam	White-winged wood duck	Asarcornis scutulata	File:White-winged Duck RWD3.jpg	Endangered
Bihar	House sparrow	Passer domesticus	File:Sparrow India.JPG	Least Concern
Chhattisgarh	Hill myna	Gracula religiosa	File:Common Hill Mynah, Golapbag, East Barddhaman, West Bengal.jpg
Goa	Flame-throated bulbul	Pycnonotus gularis	File:Flame-throated bulbul.jpg
Gujarat	Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	File:Greater Flamingo AMSM6111.jpg
Haryana	Black francolin	Francolinus francolinus	File:Black Francolin.jpg
Himachal Pradesh	Western tragopan	Tragopan melanocephalus	File:Tragopan melanocephalus.jpg	Vulnerable
Jharkhand	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopacea	File:Asian koel.jpg	Least Concern
Karnataka	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis	File:Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis benghalensis).jpg	Least Concern
Kerala	Great hornbill	Buceros bicornis	File:Great hornbill Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg	Vulnerable
Madhya Pradesh	Indian paradise flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi	File:Indian Paradise Flycatcher (25299398417).jpg	Least Concern
Maharashtra	Yellow-footed green pigeon	Treron phoenicoptera	File:Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus) male-8.jpg	Least Concern
Manipur	Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae	File:Syrmaticus humiae 104702127.jpg	Vulnerable
Meghalaya	Hill myna	Gracula religiosa	File:Common Hill Mynah, Golapbag, East Barddhaman, West Bengal.jpg	Least Concern
Mizoram	Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae	File:Syrmaticus humiae 104702127.jpg	Vulnerable
Nagaland	Blyth's tragopan	Tragopan blythii		Vulnerable
Odisha	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis	File:Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis benghalensis).jpg	Least Concern
Punjab	Northern goshawk	Accipiter gentilis		Least Concern
Rajasthan	Great Indian bustard	Ardeotis nigriceps		Critically Endangered
Sikkim	Blood pheasant	Ithaginis cruentus		Least Concern
Tamil Nadu	emerald dove	Chalcophaps indica
Telangana	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis	File:Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis benghalensis).jpg
Tripura	Green imperial pigeon	Ducula aenea
Uttar Pradesh	Sarus crane	Grus antigone		Vulnerable
Uttarakhand	Himalayan monal	Lophophorus impejanus		Least Concern
West Bengal	White-throated kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis		Least Concern

Union territories

List of Indian state birds (Union territories)
Union territory	Common name^[3]	Binomial name^[4]	Image	IUCN category^[5]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman wood pigeon	Columba palumboides		Near Threatened
Chandigarh	Indian grey hornbill	Ocyceros birostris	File:Indian Grey Hornbill I IMG 4051.jpg	Least Concern
Delhi	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	File:Sparrow India.JPG
Jammu and Kashmir	Kalij pheasant	Lophura leucomelanos	Kalij pheasant Prasanna Mamidala
Ladakh	Black-necked crane	Grus nigricollis	File:Black necked crane at Hanle.jpg	Near Threatened
Lakshadweep	Brown noddy	Anous stolidus	File:Common noddy (Anous stolidus pileatus) in flight Michaelmas Cay.jpg	Least Concern
Puducherry	Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	File:Asian koel.jpg	Least Concern