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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] Of them, 100 are classed as accidental and six were introduced to North America. One species whose record is under review ...
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.
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
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]
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]
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 447 species in family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers; they are distributed among 106 genera. One extinct species, the San Cristobal flycatcher, is included. [1]
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.