Wyoming state symbols
Wyoming’s state bird is the western meadowlark (1927), its flower the Indian paintbrush (1917), its tree the plains cottonwood (1947), and its motto “Equal Rights” (1955).
How to read it
Title 8 of the Wyoming Statutes describes each one. The bird is “An American icteroid bird (genus Sturnella), the bird commonly known as the meadowlark”; the flower is “The Castillija linariaefolia, commonly called ‘the Indian paint brush’”; the tree is “The Populus Sargentii commonly called cottonwood tree”. The state’s website gives the days they were adopted: the Indian paintbrush on January 31, 1917, the meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) on February 5, 1927, and the plains cottonwood on February 1, 1947, amended in 1961. The motto is “Equal Rights”, “as it exists on the great seal of the state of Wyoming”; the Secretary of State dates it to 1955. The great seal was adopted in 1893 and revised in 1921. The state’s website lists its nicknames as Big Wyoming, Cowboy State and Equality State.
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States with the same bird
The western meadowlark is also the state bird of Nebraska, North Dakota and Oregon.
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Sources
- Wyoming Statutes Title 8, ch. 3, §§ 8-3-101 to 8-3-109, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 8-3-101, 8-3-104 to 8-3-109, Wyoming Legislature (Legislative Service Office), Title 8, Chapter 3
- Wyoming Secretary of State Student Packet, Wyoming Secretary of State, Student Packet, Wyoming Secretary of State, State symbols list
- Wyoming Facts and Symbols (State of Wyoming website), State of Wyoming, "Wyoming Facts and Symbols", State of Wyoming (wyo.gov), State Flower; State Bird; State Tree; Motto; State Mammal
- What is Wyoming's State Bird? (Wyoming Game & Fish FAQ), Wyoming Game and Fish Department, FAQ, "What is Wyoming's State Bird?", Wyoming Game and Fish Department, What is Wyoming's State Bird?
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