Yesterday, we posted a trivia question:

What is the state bird of Tasmania?

A trick question! Tasmania is the only Australian state that does not have an official bird. From Birdscapes:

Australia has the emu as its national bird (it is thought never to take a step backwards) and the state birds are:

• New South Wales: laughing kookaburra
• Queensland: brolga (a large crane species)
• Victoria: helmeted honeyeater (an endemic subspecies of the yellowtuftedhoneyeater—I wonder how many people in Melbourne could
  identify one?)
• South Australia: Australian magpie
• Western Australia: black swan
• Northern Territory: wedge-tailed eagle
• Australia Capital Territory: gang-gang cockatoo

Only Tasmania wouldn’t play this game (why don’t they settle for their subspecies, the clinking currawong?). But all these other states have a floral emblem too, and most have a mammalian one (in South Australia, it’s the hairy-nosed wombat).