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
| State | Common name[3] | Binomial name[4]
|
Image | IUCN category[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Rose-ringed parakeet | Psittacula krameri
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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
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| |
| Kerala | Great Indian hornbill
|
Buceros bicornis
|
|
Vulnerable |
| Madhya Pradesh | Indian paradise flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi
|
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Least Concern
|
| Maharashtra | Yellow-footed green pigeon | Treron phoenicoptera
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| 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
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| 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
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Vulnerable |
| Uttarakhand | Himalayan monal | Lophophorus impejanus
|
|
Least Concern
|
| West Bengal | White-throated kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis
|
|
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
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Least Concern
|
| Puducherry | Asian koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus
|
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References
- ^ "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ IUCN. Archivedfrom the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
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