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1935 (1970) [note 1] [8] [9] Botanical garden. State Botanical Garden of Georgia. 1984 [10] Butterfly. Eastern tiger swallowtail. Papilio glaucus.
State bird The brown thrasher is the state bird of Georgia . [85] [86] The brown thrasher also was the inspiration for the name of Atlanta 's former National Hockey League team, the Atlanta Thrashers , [87] who relocated in 2011 to become the current Winnipeg Jets (the original Jets relocated to Phoenix in 1996 to become the Coyotes ).
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state 's, district's or territory's government. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was ...
Seal of Georgia. Shark tooth. Southeastern Railway Museum. Square dance. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Staurolite. Swamp Gravy.
The brown thrasher is the state bird of Georgia. This list of birds of Georgia includes species documented in the U.S. state of Georgia and accepted by the Checklist and Records Committee of the Georgia Ornithological Society (GOSRC). As of August 2020, there are 427 species definitively included in the official list.
U.S. states, districts, and territories have representative symbols that are recognized by their state legislatures, territorial legislatures, or tradition.Some, such as flags, seals, and birds have been created or chosen by all U.S. polities, while others, such as state crustaceans, state mushrooms, and state toys have been chosen by only a few.
State symbols: State amphibian: American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) State bird: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) State flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) State marine Mammal: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Fruit: Peach; Insect: Honeybee; Prepared Food: Grits; Fish ...
List of U.S. state dogs. Thirteen states of the United States have designated an official state dog breed. Maryland was the first state to name a dog breed as a state symbol, naming the Chesapeake Bay Retriever in 1964. [1] Pennsylvania followed the year after, naming the Great Dane as its official breed. [2]