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'''India''', officially the '''Republic of India''' is a country in [[South Asia]], consisting of [[States and union territories of India|28 states and eight union territories]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|title=States and Union Territories|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=21 April 2024|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205154934/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|url-status=live}}</ref> All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the [[Government of India|Central Government]]. India has its own [[National symbols of India|national symbols]].<ref name="Symbol">{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|access-date=14 August 2022|publisher=[[Government of India]]|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501093137/https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from the [[national symbol]]s, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including birds listed below.


'''India''', officially the '''Republic of India''', is a country in South Asia. It is made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. All Indian states have their own government and union territories come under the jurisdiction of the central government. As with most of the other countries India, has a national emblem—the [[State Emblem of India|Lion Capital of Sarnath]].
== States ==
 
Apart from India's national emblem, each of its states and union territories have their own seals and symbols which include animals, birds, trees, flowers, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://affairscloud.com/symbols-of-states-of-india/|title=Symbols of States of India|website=affairscloud.com}}</ref> A list of state birds of India is given below. See [[Symbols of Indian states and territories]] for a complete list of all state characters and seals.
 
==States==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|+ List of Indian state birds
! State !! Common name !! [[Binomial name]] !! Image
! [[States and union territories of India|State]]
! [[Common name]]<ref name="ENVIS">{{cite web|url=https://wiienvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/state_symbols_india_8411.aspx|title=State symbols of India|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922102907/https://wiienvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/state_symbols_india_8411.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[Binomial name]]<ref name="Name">{{cite web|url=https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|title=Scientific names|publisher=A-Z animals|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=17 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517031141/https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! Image
! [[IUCN Red List#Categories|IUCN category]]<ref name="IUCN">{{cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/|title=IUCN redlist|publisher=[[IUCN]]|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/https://www.iucnredlist.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]  ||[[Rose-ringed parakeet]] || ''Psittacula krameri''<ref>http://forests.ap.gov.in/statesymbol.php</ref> ||[[File:Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)- Female on a Neem (Azadirachta indica) tree at Hodal Iws IMG 1279.jpg|200px]]
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]   
|[[Rose-ringed parakeet]]  
|''[[Psittacula krameri]]''
|[[File:Rose-ringed_parakeet_(Psittacula_krameri_borealis)_male_Jaipur_2.jpg|100px]]
|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || [[Great hornbill]] || ''Buceros bicornis'' || [[File:Great-Hornbill.jpg|200px]]
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|[[Great hornbill]]
|''[[Buceros bicornis]]''
|[[File:Great_hornbill_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg|100px]]
|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]]
|-
|-
| [[Assam]] || [[White-winged duck|White-winged wood duck]] || ''Asarcornis scutulata'' || [[File:White-winged.wood.duck.arp.jpg|200px]]
|[[Assam]]
|[[White-winged duck|White-winged wood duck]]
|''[[Asarcornis scutulata]]''
|[[File:White-winged_Duck_RWD3.jpg|100px]]
|[[Endangered]]
|-
|-
| [[Bihar]] || [[House Sparrow]] || '' Passer domesticus'' ||
|[[Bihar]]
|[[House sparrow]]
|''[[Passer domesticus]]''
|[[File:Sparrow India.JPG|100px]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]] || [[Common hill myna|Bastar hill myna]] || ''Gracula religiosa peninsularis'' || [[File:Gracula_religiosa_robusta-01.JPG|200px]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|[[Common hill myna|Hill myna]]
|''[[Gracula religiosa]]''  
|[[File:Common Hill Mynah, Golapbag, East Barddhaman, West Bengal.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Goa]] ||[[Flame-throated bulbul]] (also known specifically as Ruby-throated yellow bulbul)||''Pycnonotus gularis'' ||
|[[Goa]]
[[File:Flame-throated_bulbul.jpg|200px]]
|[[Flame-throated bulbul]]
|''[[Pycnonotus gularis]]''
|[[File:Flame-throated_bulbul.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Gujarat]] || [[Greater flamingo]] || ''Phoenicopterus roseus'' || [[File:Greater_flamingo_sub_adult_(1).jpg|200px]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|[[Greater flamingo]]
|''[[Phoenicopterus roseus]]''
|[[File:Greater Flamingo AMSM6111.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Haryana]] || [[Black francolin]] || ''Francolinus francolinus'' || [[File:Black_Francolin.jpg|200px]]
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Black francolin]]
|''[[Francolinus francolinus]]''
|[[File:Black_Francolin.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] || [[Western tragopan]] (Jujurana) || ''Tragopan melanocephalus'' || [[File:WesternTragopan.jpg|200px]]
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[Western tragopan]]
|''[[Tragopan melanocephalus]]''
|[[File:Tragopan melanocephalus.jpg|100px]]
|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]]
|-
|-
| [[Jharkhand]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
| [[Asian Koel]]
|[[Asian Koel]]
| ''Eudynamys scolopacea''
|''[[Eudynamys scolopacea]]''
| [[File:Asian Koel (Male) I IMG 8190.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Asian_koel.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Karnataka]] || [[Indian roller]] || ''Coracias benghalensis'' || [[File:Indian_Roller_(Coracias_benghalensis)_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg|200px]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|[[Indian roller]]
|''[[Coracias benghalensis]]''
|[[File:Indian_roller_(Coracias_benghalensis_benghalensis).jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Kerala]] || [[Great Indian hornbill]] || ''Buceros bicornis'' || [[File:Great-Hornbill.jpg|200px]]
|[[Kerala]]
|[[Great hornbill]]
|''[[Buceros bicornis]]''
|[[File:Great_hornbill_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg|100px]]
|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]]
|-
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]] || [[Indian paradise flycatcher]] || ''Terpsiphone paradisi'' || [[File:Asian_Paradise_Flycatcher.jpg|200px]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[Indian paradise flycatcher]]
|''[[Terpsiphone paradisi]]''
|[[File:Indian Paradise Flycatcher (25299398417).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Maharashtra]] || [[Yellow-footed green pigeon]] || ''Treron phoenicoptera'' || [[File:Yellow-footed_Green-Pigeon_(Treron_phoenicopterus)_male-8.jpg|200px]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Yellow-footed green pigeon]]
|''[[Treron phoenicoptera]]''
|[[File:Yellow-footed_Green-Pigeon_(Treron_phoenicopterus)_male-8.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Manipur]] || [[Mrs. Hume's pheasant]] || ''Syrmaticus humiae'' || [[File:Syrmaticus_humiae.jpg|200px]]
|[[Manipur]]
|[[Mrs. Hume's pheasant]]
|''[[Syrmaticus humiae]]''
|[[File:Syrmaticus humiae 104702127.jpg|100px]]
|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]]
|-
|-
| [[Meghalaya]] || [[Common hill myna|Hill myna]] || ''Gracula religiosa peninsularis'' || [[File:Gracula_religiosa_robusta-01.JPG|200px]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|[[Common hill myna|Hill myna]]
|''[[Gracula religiosa]]''
|[[File:Common Hill Mynah, Golapbag, East Barddhaman, West Bengal.jpg|100px]]
|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Mizoram]] || [[Mrs. Hume's pheasant]] || ''Syrmaticus humiae'' || [[File:Syrmaticus_humiae.jpg|200px]]
|[[Mizoram]]
|[[Mrs. Hume's pheasant]]
|''[[Syrmaticus humiae]]''
|[[File:Syrmaticus humiae 104702127.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]]
|-
|-
| [[Nagaland]] || [[Blyth's tragopan]] || ''Tragopan blythii'' || [[File:Tragopan_blythii01.jpg|200px]]
|[[Nagaland]]
|[[Blyth's tragopan]]
|''[[Tragopan blythii]]''
|[[File:Tragopan_blythii01.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Odisha]] || [[Indian roller]] || ''Coracias benghalensis'' || [[File:Indian_Roller_(Coracias_benghalensis)_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg|200px]]
|[[Odisha]]
|[[Indian roller]]
|''[[Coracias benghalensis]]''
|[[File:Indian_roller_(Coracias_benghalensis_benghalensis).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] || [[Northern goshawk]] || ''Accipiter gentilis'' || [[File:Northern_Goshawk_ad_M2.jpg|200px]]
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|[[Eurasian goshawk|Northern goshawk]]
|''[[Accipiter gentilis]]''
|[[File:A Shikra Little Banded Goshawk (50319415647).jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Rajasthan]] || [[Great Indian bustard]] || ''Ardeotis nigriceps'' || [[File:Great_Indian_bustard.jpg|200px]]
|[[Rajasthan]]
|[[Great Indian bustard]]
|''[[Ardeotis nigriceps]]''
|[[File:Great_Indian_bustard.jpg|100px]]
|[[Critically Endangered]]
|-
|-
| [[Sikkim]] || [[Blood pheasant]] || ''Ithaginis cruentus'' || [[File:Blood_Pheasant.jpg|200px]]
|[[Sikkim]]
|[[Blood pheasant]]
|''[[Ithaginis cruentus]]''
|[[File:Blood_Pheasant_female_from_Lachung_North_Sikkim_India_14032019.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]] || [[Common emerald dove|Emerald dove]] || ''Chalcophaps indica'' || [[File:Chalcophaps_indica_-a_pair_in_captivity-8a.jpg|200px]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Common emerald dove|emerald dove ]]
|''[[Chalcophaps indica]]''
|[[File:Asian Emerald Dove Facts 01.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Telangana]] || [[Indian roller]] || ''[[Indian roller|Coracias benghalensis]]'' || [[File:Indian_Roller_(Coracias_benghalensis)_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg|200px]]
|[[Telangana]]
|[[Indian roller]]
|''[[Coracias benghalensis]]''
|[[File:Indian_roller_(Coracias_benghalensis_benghalensis).jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Tripura]] || [[Green imperial pigeon]] || ''Ducula aenea'' || [[File:DuculaAenea.JPG|200px]]
|[[Tripura]]
|[[Green imperial pigeon]]
|''[[Ducula aenea]]''
|[[File:Garbhanga WS 5.jpg|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Sarus crane]] || ''Grus antigone'' || [[File:Saus_Crane_I_IMG_8663.jpg|200px]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Sarus crane]]
|''[[Grus antigone]]''
|[[File:Sarus_crane_(Grus_antigone).jpg|100px]]
|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]]
|-
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]] || [[Himalayan monal]] || ''[[Lophophorus impejanus]]'' || [[File:Himalayan Monal on Snow.jpg|200px]]
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|[[Himalayan monal]]
|''[[Lophophorus impejanus]]''
|[[File:Himalayan Monal on Snow.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[West Bengal]] || [[White-throated kingfisher|White-breasted kingfisher]] || ''Halcyon smyrnensis'' || [[File:White-throated_kingfisher_BNC.jpg|200px]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|[[White-throated kingfisher]]
|''[[Halcyon smyrnensis]]''
|[[File:White-throated_kingfisher_BNC.jpg|100px]]
|}
|}


==Union territories==
== Union territories ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|+ List of Indian state birds (Union territories)
! Union territory !! Common name !! [[Binomial name]] !! Image
! [[States and union territories of India|Union territory]]
|-
! [[Common name]]<ref name="ENVIS"/>
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] || [[Andaman wood pigeon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andaman.gov.in/bird-animal-tree|title=State Bird/Animal/Tree - Andaman and Nicobar Administration, India|website=www.andaman.gov.in|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref>
! [[Binomial name]]<ref name="Name"/>
|| ''Columba palumboides''
! Image
||[[File:IanthoenasColumboidesSmit.jpg|200px]]
! [[IUCN Red List#Categories|IUCN category]]<ref name="IUCN"/>
|-
|-
| [[Chandigarh]] || [[Indian grey hornbill]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/forest-state-abft.pdf|title=State Animal, Bird, Tree, and Flower of Chandigarh}}</ref>
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
|| ''Ocyceros birostris''
|[[Andaman wood pigeon]]
||[[File:Indian Gray Hornbill(Ocyceros birostris) at north Bengal University Campus.jpg|200px]]
|''[[Columba palumboides]]''
||[[File:IanthoenasColumboidesSmit.jpg|100px]]
|[[Near Threatened]]
|-
|-
| [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]] || ''Not yet designated'' || ||
|[[Chandigarh]]
|[[Indian grey hornbill]]
|''[[Ocyceros birostris]]''
||[[File:Indian_Grey_Hornbill_I_IMG_4051.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Delhi]] || [[House sparrow]] || ''Passer domesticus'' || [[File:House_Sparrow_(Passer_domesticus)-_Male_in_Kolkata_I_IMG_5904.jpg|200px]]
| [[Delhi]]
|[[House Sparrow]]
|''[[Passer domesticus]]''
|[[File:Sparrow India.JPG|100px]]
|-
|-
| | [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] || [[Kalij pheasant]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/kalij-pheasant-declared-bird-of-jk-ut/ | title=Kalij Pheasant declared bird of J&K UT | date=21 October 2021}}</ref> || ''Lophura leucomelanos'' ||
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|[[Kalij pheasant]]
|''[[Lophura leucomelanos]]''
|[[File:Kalij pheasant Prasanna Mamidala.jpg|Kalij pheasant Prasanna Mamidala|100px]]
|-
|-
| [[Ladakh]]|| [[Black-necked crane]]|| ''Grus nigricollis''|| [[File:Black-necked_Crane_Tso_Kar_Ladakh_Jammu_and_Kashmir_India_Asia_12.08.2013.png|200px]]
|[[Ladakh]]
|[[Black-necked crane]]
|''[[Grus nigricollis]]''
|[[File:Black_necked_crane_at_Hanle.jpg|100px]]
|[[Near Threatened]]
|-
|-
| [[Lakshadweep]] || [[Sooty tern]] || ''Onychoprion fuscatus'' || [[File:Sterna_fuscata.JPG|200px]]
|[[Lakshadweep]]
|[[Brown noddy]]
|''[[Anous stolidus]]''
|[[File:Common noddy (Anous stolidus pileatus) in flight Michaelmas Cay.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]]
|-
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || [[Asian koel]] || ''Eudynamys scolopaceus'' || [[File:Asian_koel.jpg|200px]]
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|[[Asian koel]]
|''[[Eudynamys scolopaceus]]''  
|[[File:Asian_koel.jpg|100px]]
|}
|}
==See also==
* [[Indian peafowl]], the national bird of India
* [[List of Indian state symbols]]
* [[List of Indian state flags]]
* [[List of Indian state emblems]]
* [[List of Indian state mottos]]
* [[List of Indian state songs]]
* [[List of Indian state foundation days]]
* [[List of Indian state animals]]
* [[List of Indian state flowers]]
* [[List of Indian state trees]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131112080035/http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=16 List of symbols]
* [http://www.pakshimitra.org Maharashtra Pakshimitra]
* Blue Jay: The State Bird of Orissa.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131023014458/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/apr2005/englishpdf/bluelay.pdf pdf]


{{Symbols of Indian states}}
{{Symbols of Indian states}}
{{Karnataka topics}}


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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[edit | edit source]

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 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[edit | edit source]

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 Kalij pheasant Prasanna Mamidala
Ladakh Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis Near Threatened
Lakshadweep Brown noddy Anous stolidus Least Concern
Puducherry Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

References[edit | edit source]

  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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