Although some joke that the mosquito is the state bird of Alaska, the actual state bird is much bigger. What tundra denizen is the state bird of our 49th state?

The willow ptarmigan is known as a "stout sociable bird that is common across Alaska’s high treeless country." In other words, it's common in a large part of Alaska. In 1955, when Alaska was in its "pre-state" phase, the school children of the territory chose the willow ptarmigan as its official symbol, and that later became the state bird.

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