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List of national birds
The '''National bird''' is a [[bBird]] that is chosen by a country as a [[sSymbol]] or [[eEmblem]] for that country.

==Examples==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Country
!Name of bird
![[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]]
(contracted; show full)
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|{{flag|Maldives}} || [[Oriental turtle dove]] || ''Streptopelia orientalis'' || [[File:Orientalturtledove.JPG|90px]] || 
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}} || [[Rhinoceros hornbill]] || ''Buceros rhinoceros'' || [[File:Buceros rhinoceros -Nashville Zoo-8.jpg|90px]] ||
|-
|{{flag|Myanmar}} || [[Grey 
peacock-pheasant|Grey Peafowl-pheasant]] || ''Polyplectron bicalcaratum'' || [[File:Polyplectron bicalcaratum male.jpg|90px]] ||
|-
|{{flag|Nepal}} || [[Himalayan Monal]] || ''Lophophorus impejanus'' || [[File:Monal I IMG 4002.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nepal_Interim_Constitution2007.pdf |title=Final Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 |work=worldstatesmen.org |date=2007 |page=2 |format=pdf |accessdate=14 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalvista.com/features/plants-animals.php |title=Plants, Animals and Birds of Nepal |publisher=Nepal Vista |date= |work= |accessdate=14 June 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Chukar|Chukar partridge|Chukar]]]] (National bird) || ''Alectoris chukar'' || [[Image:Alectoris-chukar-001.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Facts|url=http://www.infopak.gov.pk/BasicFacts.aspx|publisher=Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref>
|-
|[[Shaheen Falcon]] (State heritage bird) || ''Falco peregrinus peregrinator'' || [[Image:National heritage state bird of PakistanFalcoAtricepsKeulemans.jpg|90px|]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=httpl://nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}} || [[Palestine Ssunbird]] || ''Cinnyris oseus'' || [[File:Palestine Sunbird standing on fence.jpg|90px]] ||
|-
|{{flag|Saint Helena}} || [[Saint Helena Plover]] || ''Charadrius sanctaehelenae'' || [[File:Charadrius sanctaehelenae (1).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bird Watching|url=http://www.sthelenatourism.com/pages/bird_watching.html|publisher=St Helena Tourism|accessdate=17 January 2011}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || [[Saint Vincent Amazon]] || ''Amazona guildingii'' || [[Image:Amazona guildingii -Botanical Gardens -Kingstown -Saint Vincent-8a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Symbols|url=http://www.visitsvg.com/intro/symbol.html|work=visitsvg.com|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Flag_of_Sikkim_(1967-1975).svg|22px]] [[Sikkim]] || [[Blood pheasant]] || ''Ithaginis cruentus'' || [[File:BloodPheasantGouldRichter.jpg|90px]] ||
|-
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lankan Junglefowl]] || ''Gallus lafayetii'' || [[File:Thimindu 2009 09 04 Yala Sri Lanka Junglefowl 1.JPG|90px]] || 
|-
|{{flag|Israel}} || [[Hoopoe]] || ''Upupa epops'' || [[File:Upupa epops Madrid 01.jpg|90px]] ||
|}

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