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. 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. 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 Binomial name Image IUCN categoryAndhra Pradesh Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameriLeast ConcernArunachal PradeshGreat hornbillBuceros bicornisVulnerableAssamWhite-winged wood duckAsarcornis scutulataEndangeredBiharHouse sparrowPasser domesticusLeast ConcernChhattisgarhHill mynaGracula religiosa GoaFlame-throated bulbulPycnonotus gularisGujaratGreater flamingoPhoenicopterus roseusHaryanaBlack francolinFrancolinus francolinusHimachal PradeshWestern tragopanTragopan melanocephalusVulnerableJharkhandAsian KoelEudynamys scolopaceaLeast ConcernKarnatakaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensisKeralaGreat hornbillBuceros bicornisVulnerableMadhya PradeshIndian paradise flycatcherTerpsiphone paradisiLeast ConcernMaharashtraYellow-footed green pigeonTreron phoenicopteraManipurMrs. Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiaeVulnerableMeghalayaHill mynaGracula religiosaLeast ConcernMizoramMrs. Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiaeVulnerableNagalandBlyth's tragopanTragopan blythiiOdishaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensisLeast ConcernPunjabNorthern goshawkAccipiter gentilisRajasthanGreat Indian bustardArdeotis nigricepsCritically EndangeredSikkimBlood pheasantIthaginis cruentusLeast ConcernTamil Naduemerald dove Chalcophaps indicaTelanganaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensisTripuraGreen imperial pigeonDucula aeneaUttar PradeshSarus craneGrus antigoneVulnerableUttarakhandHimalayan monalLophophorus impejanusLeast ConcernWest BengalWhite-throated kingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis

Union territories + List of Indian state birds (Union territories) Union territory Common name Binomial name Image IUCN categoryAndaman and Nicobar IslandsAndaman wood pigeonColumba palumboidesNear ThreatenedChandigarhIndian grey hornbillOcyceros birostrisLeast Concern DelhiHouse SparrowPasser domesticusJammu and KashmirKalij pheasantLophura leucomelanosLadakhBlack-necked craneGrus nigricollisNear ThreatenedLakshadweepBrown noddyAnous stolidusLeast ConcernPuducherryAsian koelEudynamys scolopaceus

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