What are the official 'State Animal' and 'State Bird' of Jammu & Kashmir State?

  The official 'State Animal' and 'State Bird' of Jammu & Kashmir State are the Hangul and Black-necked Crane respectively.

The Hangul or Kashmir Stag [Cervus elaphus hanglu] is the only surviving race of the Red Deer family in the Indian sub-continent. Dachigam is home to the last viable population of Hangul in the world.

The Hangul was once distributed widely in the mountains of Kashmir but in recent years the population has drastically declined from its past distribution range. It is listed as an endangered species in the Red Data Book of the international Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

The Kashmir Flycatcher [Ficedula subrubra] is the new official State Bird of Jammu & Kashmir.

The Kashmir Flycatcher only breeds in Kashmir's forests and winters in isolated pockets of hill forest including orchards and gardens in southern India and Sri Lanka.

The male Kashmir Flycatcher is gray above and bright orange below while the female is paler, with only a faint orange wash on the chest. Both sexes have white panels on each side of the black tail.