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This list of birds of Delaware includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Delaware and accepted by the Delaware Bird Records Committee (DBRC). As of August 2021 there were 427 species on the official list. [ 1 ]
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [4] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States, American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
Delaware Bay is also the second largest staging area for spring migratory shorebirds in North America. The list of birds recorded at the refuge is very large, with nearly 350 species, including "accidental" migrants. [citation needed] As of 2009, eBird has recorded 302 species of birds in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. [3]
It was established by President John F. Kennedy [2] in 1963 on 10,000 acres (40 km 2) along the western shore of Delaware Bay. The refuge contains a variety of habitats, including freshwater and salt marshes, woodlands, grasslands, ponds, and forested areas, supporting 267 species of birds and a variety of reptiles, amphibians and mammals. [3]
A Wilson's warbler bird in Alaska. The American Ornithological Society said it is trying to address years of controversy over a list of bird names that include human names deemed offensive.
Bird: Delaware Blue Hen: The Blue Hen has been used as many political campaigns and publications. 1939 Delaware Blue Hen cock [5] Insect: Lady bug: Officially adopted at the suggestion of Mollie Brown-Rust's second grade class at the Lulu M. Ross Elementary School in Milford, Delaware. 1974 [6] Tree: American holly Ilex opaca
The Delaware Blue Hen or Blue Hen of Delaware is a blue strain of American gamecock.Under the name Blue Hen Chicken it is the official bird of the State of Delaware.It is the emblem or mascot of several institutions in the state, among them the sports teams of the University of Delaware.
YoUDee (pronounced yoo-dee) is a mascot of the University of Delaware, along with Baby Blue. It is an anthropomorphic "fighting Blue Hen", and its species is the blue hen, as the state bird of Delaware. While YoUDee appears masculine and can have male or female performers, it is "officially androgynous", [1] [2] "neither female or male". [3] [4]