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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

States	Common name	Binomial names	Images
Andhra Pradesh	Rose-ringed parakeet	Psittacula krameri[2]
Arunachal Pradesh	Great hornbill	Buceros bicornis
Assam	White-winged wood duck	Asarcornis scutulata
Bihar	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Chhattisgarh	Bastar hill myna	Gracula religiosa peninsularis
Goa	Flame-throated bulbul (also known specifically as Ruby-throated yellow bulbul)	Pycnonotus gularis
Gujarat	Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
Haryana	Black francolin	Francolinus francolinus
Himachal Pradesh	Western tragopan (Jujurana)	Tragopan melanocephalus
Jharkhand	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopacea
Karnataka	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis
Kerala	Great Indian hornbill	Buceros bicornis
Madhya Pradesh	Indian paradise flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi
Maharashtra	Yellow-footed green pigeon	Treron phoenicoptera
Manipur	Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae
Meghalaya	Hill myna	Gracula religiosa peninsularis
Mizoram	Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae
Nagaland	Blyth's tragopan	Tragopan blythii
Odisha	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis
Punjab	Northern goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Rajasthan	Great Indian bustard	Ardeotis nigriceps
Sikkim	Blood pheasant	Ithaginis cruentus
Tamil Nadu	Emerald dove	Chalcophaps indica
Telangana	Indian roller	Coracias benghalensis
Tripura	Green imperial pigeon	Ducula aenea
Uttar Pradesh	Sarus crane	Grus antigone
Uttarakhand	Himalayan monal	Lophophorus impejanus
West Bengal	White-breasted kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis

Union territories

Union territory	Common name	Binomial name	Image
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman wood pigeon[3]	Columba palumboides
Chandigarh	Indian grey hornbill[4]	Ocyceros birostris
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Not yet designated
Delhi	House sparrow	Passer domesticus
Jammu and Kashmir	Kalij pheasant[5]	Lophura leucomelanos
Ladakh	Black-necked crane	Grus nigricollis
Lakshadweep	Sooty tern	Onychoprion fuscatus
Puducherry	Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus

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

External links

• List of symbols
• Maharashtra Pakshimitra
• Blue Jay: The State Bird of Orissa.pdf

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