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The '''National bird''' is a [[bird]] that is chosen by a country as a [[symbol]] or [[emblem]] for that country.

==Examples==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Country
!Name of bird
![[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]]
(contracted; show full)
|-
|[[Shaheen Falcon]] (State heritage bird) || ''Falco peregrinus peregrinator'' || [[Image:National heritage state bird of Pakistan.jpg|90px|]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=
National Symbols of Pakistan|url=httpl://nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}} || [[Palestine sunbird]] || ''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]] ||
|}

==References==⏎
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[[Category:Birds]]

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[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Lists of animals]]
[[Category:National symbols|Birds]]

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