because it is a common bird to live in new mexico
New Mexico's state bird is the roadrunner(Chaparrel) ; see relevant link .
The Roadrunner officially became the state bird of New Mexico on March 16th, 1949.
The roadrunner (also known as the chaparral bird) is the official state bird of New Mexico.
New Mexico
New Mexico. Mexico is a country bordering the United States and New Mexico, a state in the the United States, has the same name. The only state in the US that has the name of a country that borders the US in it is New Mexico. The other country is Mexico.
The state of Delaware has the Blue Hen Chicken as their official state bird.The state of Rhode island has the Rhode Island Red Chicken as its state bird.
Because New Mexico had already chosen the Roadrunner as the New Mexico sate bird.
1949
New Mexico has the name of Mexico in its name. It borders the nation of Mexico and was called New Mexico when it was colonized by the Spanish.
Chris Willow Bird was born on February 20, 1887, in New Mexico, USA.
it was named after Mexico