Every American state has chosen an official bird, and John James Audubon painted many of them at life size for The Birds of America (1827–1838). Choose a state to see its bird and Audubon’s plate of it.
States in a lighter tone have a bird that Audubon did not paint, or that is not in our collection.
State bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia
Plate 159 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Cardinal Grosbeak
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Northern CardinalState bird of Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon and Wyoming
Audubon first met this bird on the Missouri in 1843, five years after The Birds of America was finished. It is not among the 435 plates.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas
Plate 21 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Mocking Bird
$725 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Northern MockingbirdState bird of Iowa, New Jersey and Washington
Plate 33 of The Birds of America
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: American GoldfinchState bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin
Plate 131 of The Birds of America
$725 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: American RobinState bird of Maine and Massachusetts
Plate 353 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Chestnut-backed Titmouse
The plate shows: Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee and Bushtit
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Black-capped ChickadeeState bird of Missouri and New York
Plate 113 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Blue-bird
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Eastern BluebirdState bird of Idaho and Nevada
Plate 393 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Townsends Warbler
The plate shows: Townsend's Warbler, Mountain Bluebird and Western Bluebird
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Mountain BluebirdState bird of Maryland
Plate 12 of The Birds of America
$475 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Baltimore OrioleState bird of Delaware
Delaware chose a breed of chicken, not a wild bird.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of Louisiana
Plate 251 of The Birds of America
$725 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Brown PelicanState bird of Georgia
Plate 116 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Ferruginous Thrush
$725 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Brown ThrasherState bird of Arizona
A bird of the West that is not among Audubon’s plates in our collection.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of Utah
A bird of the West that is not among Audubon’s plates in our collection.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of California
Plate 413 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Californian Partridge
$350 · 39¼ × 26½ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: California QuailState bird of South Carolina
Plate 78 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Great Carolina Wren
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Carolina WrenState bird of Minnesota
Plate 306 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Great Northern Diver or Loon
$725 · 39¼ × 26½ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Common LoonState bird of New Mexico
A bird of the West that is not among Audubon’s plates in our collection.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of Vermont
Plate 58 of The Birds of America
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Hermit ThrushState bird of Colorado
Plate 390 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Lark Finch
The plate shows: Lark Sparrow, Lark Bunting and Song Sparrow
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Lark BuntingState bird of Hawaii
Audubon never travelled to Hawaii, and its birds are not in The Birds of America.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of Alabama
Plate 37 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Golden-winged Woodpecker
$475 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Northern FlickerState bird of New Hampshire
Plate 4 of The Birds of America
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Purple FinchState bird of Rhode Island
Rhode Island chose a breed of chicken, not a wild bird.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of South Dakota
The pheasant was brought to North America in the 1880s, thirty years after Audubon’s death.
All plates of The Birds of America, with today’s namesState bird of Pennsylvania
Plate 41 of The Birds of America
$725 · 39¼ × 26½ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Ruffed GrouseState bird of Oklahoma
Plate 359 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Arkansaw Flycatcher
The plate shows: Western Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Say's Phoebe
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Scissor-tailed FlycatcherState bird of Alaska
Plate 191 of The Birds of America
Audubon’s title: Willow Grouse, or large Ptarmigan
$725 · 39¼ × 26½ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Willow PtarmiganOfficial bird of the District of Columbia
Plate 73 of The Birds of America
$350 · 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
Limited edition of 250
View the print: Wood ThrushAudubon knew many of these birds under the names of his day: the Northern Cardinal is his Cardinal Grosbeak, the Northern Flicker his Golden-winged Woodpecker. Every print is a facsimile giclée at the size of the original sheet, 26½ × 39¼ in, limited to 250.
The national bird of the United States.
Plate 31, “White-headed Eagle”; Plate 126, “White-headed Eagle”
State bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.
Plate 159, “Cardinal Grosbeak”
State bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
Plate 21, “Mocking Bird”
State bird of Iowa, New Jersey and Washington.
Plate 33, “American Goldfinch”
State bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Plate 131, “American Robin”
State bird of Maine and Massachusetts.
Plate 353, “Chestnut-backed Titmouse”
State bird of Missouri and New York.
Plate 113, “Blue-bird”
State bird of Idaho and Nevada.
Plate 393, “Townsends Warbler”
State bird of Maryland.
Plate 12, “Baltimore Oriole”; Plate 433, “Bullock’s Oriole. Baltimore Oriole. Mexican Goldfinch. Varied Thrush.”
State bird of Louisiana.
Plate 251, “Brown Pelican”; Plate 421, “Brown Pelican”
State bird of Georgia.
Plate 116, “Ferruginous Thrush”
State bird of California.
Plate 413, “Californian Partridge”
State bird of South Carolina.
Plate 78, “Great Carolina Wren”
State bird of Minnesota.
Plate 306, “Great Northern Diver or Loon”
State bird of Vermont.
Plate 58, “Hermit Thrush”
State bird of Colorado.
Plate 390, “Lark Finch”
State bird of Alabama.
Plate 37, “Golden-winged Woodpecker”; Plate 416, “Red-bellied Woodpecker”
State bird of New Hampshire.
Plate 4, “Purple Finch”
State bird of Pennsylvania.
Plate 41, “Ruffed Grouse”
State bird of Oklahoma.
Plate 359, “Arkansaw Flycatcher”
State bird of Alaska.
Plate 191, “Willow Grouse, or large Ptarmigan”
Official bird of the District of Columbia.
Plate 73, “Wood Thrush”
List of state birds checked in November 2026.
