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The Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, was selected as the official state bird in 1933. The Mockingbird is akin to the Brown Thrasher and the Catbird. It is ashen gray above, with darker, white-edged wings and whitish under parts; its length, inclusive of the long tail, is about 10 inches.
Tennessee designated the mockingbird (genus Mimus polyglottos) as the official state bird in 1933, selected through an election conducted by the Tennessee Ornithological Society (the northern mockingbird is also a state symbol of Florida, Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi.
The Northern Mockingbird was named the official state bird of Tennessee in 1933. Nestling mockingbirds banded in Nashville have been recaptured 200 miles away! Like the Gray Catbird, mockingbirds are able to differentiate Brown-headed Cowbirds eggs from their own.
Tennessee State Bird. The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) became the state bird of Tennessee on April 19 th, 1933. On this date, the state legislature picked this bird species after passing Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution number 51.
Tennessee Treasures features Tennessee’s ten most recognizable symbols—raccoon, mockingbird, iris, passion flower, tulip poplar, Tennessee River pearl, ladybug, zebra swallowtail, largemouth bass, and limestone—as well as images of the state flag, the actual geographic layout of the state, a gold-embossed seal of the state, and the ...
Representative of its climate and ecosystems, the Tennessee state birds, trees and flowers – and there are more than one of each – help highlight the state's unique natural heritage. With important connections to the history of the state, these symbols help to distinguish Tennessee.
Tennessee’s state animal is the raccoon, but what is the Tennessee state bird? The Northern Mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ) was chosen as Tennessee’s state bird. On April 19, 1933, Tennessee designated it as its official bird.