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 Lion Capital of Sarnath.

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.[1] 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

StatesCommon nameBinomial namesImages
Andhra PradeshRose-ringed parakeetPsittacula krameri[2]
Arunachal PradeshGreat hornbillBuceros bicornis
AssamWhite-winged wood duckAsarcornis scutulata
BiharHouse Sparrow Passer domesticus
ChhattisgarhBastar hill mynaGracula religiosa peninsularis
GoaFlame-throated bulbul (also known specifically as Ruby-throated yellow bulbul)Pycnonotus gularis

GujaratGreater flamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
HaryanaBlack francolinFrancolinus francolinus
Himachal PradeshWestern tragopan (Jujurana)Tragopan melanocephalus
Jharkhand Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
KarnatakaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
KeralaGreat Indian hornbillBuceros bicornis
Madhya PradeshIndian paradise flycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
MaharashtraYellow-footed green pigeonTreron phoenicoptera
ManipurMrs. Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiae
MeghalayaHill mynaGracula religiosa peninsularis
MizoramMrs. Hume's pheasantSyrmaticus humiae
NagalandBlyth's tragopanTragopan blythii
OdishaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
PunjabNorthern goshawkAccipiter gentilis
RajasthanGreat Indian bustardArdeotis nigriceps
SikkimBlood pheasantIthaginis cruentus
Tamil NaduEmerald doveChalcophaps indica
TelanganaIndian rollerCoracias benghalensis
TripuraGreen imperial pigeonDucula aenea
Uttar PradeshSarus craneGrus antigone
UttarakhandHimalayan monalLophophorus impejanus
West BengalWhite-breasted kingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis

Union territories

Union territoryCommon nameBinomial nameImage
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsAndaman wood pigeon[3] Columba palumboides
ChandigarhIndian grey hornbill[4] Ocyceros birostris
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuNot yet designated
DelhiHouse sparrowPasser domesticus
Jammu and KashmirKalij pheasant[5]Lophura leucomelanosKalij pheasant Prasanna Mamidala
LadakhBlack-necked craneGrus nigricollis
LakshadweepSooty ternOnychoprion fuscatus
PuducherryAsian koelEudynamys scolopaceus

See also

Board showing the list of state birds at Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary

References

  1. ↑ "Symbols of States of India". affairscloud.com.
  2. ↑ "State Symbols".
  3. ↑ "State Bird/Animal/Tree - Andaman and Nicobar Administration, India". www.andaman.gov.in. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "State Animal, Bird, Tree, and Flower of Chandigarh" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Kalij Pheasant declared bird of J&K UT". 21 October 2021.
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