List of Indian state birds

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		Least Concern
Arunachal Pradesh	Great hornbill	Buceros bicornis		Vulnerable
Assam	White-winged wood duck	Asarcornis scutulata		Endangered
Bihar	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus		Least Concern
Chhattisgarh	Hill myna	Gracula religiosa
Goa	Flame-throated bulbul	Pycnonotus gularis
Gujarat	Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
Haryana	Black francolin	Francolinus francolinus
Himachal Pradesh	Western tragopan	Tragopan melanocephalus		Vulnerable
Jharkhand	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopacea		Least Concern
Karnataka	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis
Kerala	Great Indian hornbill	Buceros bicornis		Vulnerable
Madhya Pradesh	Indian paradise flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi		Least Concern
Maharashtra	Yellow-footed green pigeon	Treron phoenicoptera
Manipur	Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae		Vulnerable
Meghalaya	Hill myna	Gracula religiosa		Least Concern
Mizoram	Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae		Vulnerable
Nagaland	Blyth's tragopan	Tragopan blythii
Odisha	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis		Least Concern
Punjab	Northern goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
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
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

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		Least Concern
Delhi	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Jammu and Kashmir	Kalij pheasant	Lophura leucomelanos
Ladakh	Black-necked crane	Grus nigricollis		Near Threatened
Lakshadweep	Sooty tern	Onychoprion fuscatus		Least Concern
Puducherry	Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus

References

1. "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
2. "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
4. "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
5. "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.