Want this question answered?
The state bird is selected by the state legislature.
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 Cardinal, selected to be the Kentucky state bird on Feb. 26, 1926.
The Kentucky Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinal) or red bird is selected as the state bird of Kentucky
I'm not really sure what you mean by "a symbol". The NM state bird is the Road Runner.
Roadrunner is the official state bird for New Mexico.
The state of Hawaii.
There are no states which have presently selected the hummingbird as their bird.
The roadrunner (also known as the chaparral bird) is the official state bird of New Mexico.
New 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.