Common names aside, my native State (NM) bird is Geococcyx californianus.
CA itself was wise to pick Callipepla californica

Charles Vaughan
Woodinville WA
cev at rocket.com

Diane forwarded:
>No other state bird is named after some OTHER state! The insect scourge
that >the gulls so heroically saved us from became known as the "Mormon"
cricket, >but not so the noble birds. We don't insist on renaming it the
Mormon Gull, >the Utah Gull or the Deseret Gull, though all of those would
be appropriate -- >we just want the "California" designation removed.
"Gray-Backed >Black-Wingtipped Red-Spot-on-the-Bill Yellow-Legged Gull would
be fine."