Difference between revisions 5724503 and 5774360 on simplewikiThe '''National bird''' is a [[bird]] that is chosen by a country as a [[symbol]] or [[emblem]] for that country.<br> This is a '''list of national birds''', most official, but some unofficial. ==National birds== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Country !Name of bird !Scientific name !Official status !class="unsortable" |Picture !class="unsortable" |Reference |- |{{flag|Afghanistan}} || [[Golden eagle]] || ''Aquila chrysaetos'' || {{Yes}} |||| |- |{{flag|Andorra}} || [[Bearded vulture]] || ''Gypaetus barbatus'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Bartgeier Gypaetus barbatus front Richard Bartz.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Angola}} || [[Red-crested turaco]] || ''Tauraco erythrolophus'' || {{yes}} || [[Image:RedcrestedTuraco.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Birds Angola - National Bird|url=http://www.birdsangola.org/nationalbird.htm|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Anguilla}} || [[Zenaida dove]]|| ''Zenaida aurita'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Zenida aurita1 1 barbados.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bird Watching in Anguilla|url=http://www.anguillalife.com/Nature/Frames/birdwatching.htm|publisher=AnguillaLNT}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || [[Magnificent frigatebird]]|| ''Fregata magnificens'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Male Frigate bird.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.ab.gov.ag/gov_v2/shared/about_nationalsymbols.html|publisher=The Government of Antigua and Barbuda|accessdate=4 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Argentina}} || [[Rufous hornero]] ||''Furnarius rufus'' || {{Yes}} ||[[Image:Furnarius-rufus1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redargentina.com/Faunayflora/Aves/hornero.asp |title=Info about Hornero |language=Spanish |publisher=Redargentina.com |date=24 September 2007 |accessdate=25 April 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Australia}} || [[Emu]] || ''Dromaius novaehollandiae'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Emoe.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National symbols|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/coat_of_arms.html|publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]|accessdate=21 January 2011|quote=Australia has never adopted any official faunal or bird emblem, but, by popular tradition, the kangaroo and emu are widely accepted as such.}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Austria}} || [[Barn swallow]] || ''Hirundo rustica'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Hirundo rustica0.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=10,000 Birds|url=http://10000birds.com/what-is-the-national-bird-of-estonia.htm|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Bahamas}} || [[American flamingo]] || ''Phoenicopterus ruber'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Caribbean flamingo.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bahamas National Symbols|url=http://www.bahamas-travel.info/symbols.html|publisher=bahamas-travel.info|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Bahrain}} || [[Himalayan bulbul]] || ''Pycnonotus leucogenys'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Himalayan Bulbul I IMG 6480.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>Birds of Bahrain http://www.davidandliz.com/birds.htm</ref> |- |{{flag|Bangladesh}} || [[Oriental magpie-robin]] || ''Copsychus saularis'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)- Male at Kolkata I IMG 3003.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Icons of Bangladesh|url=http://www.bangla2000.com/Bangladesh/national_icons.shtm|publisher=Bangla2000|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Belarus}} || [[White stork]] ||''Ciconia ciconia'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:WhiteStorkGaulsh02.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Belarus natural history and wildlife|url=http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/natural-history|publisher=Republic of Belarus|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Belgium}} || [[Common kestrel]] ||''Falco tinnunculus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Common Kestrel 1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref> {{cite web|title=Belgium's National Bird|url=http://www.geosymbols.org/World/Belgium/Bird|date= 5 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Belize}} || [[Keel-billed toucan]]||''Ramphastos sulfuratus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Ramphastos sulfuratus -Belize Zoo-6a-2c.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=670&ctNode=543&mp=27 | title = The National Symbols | accessdate = 10 January 2013 | publisher = Government of Belize | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130410103142/http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=670&ctNode=543&mp=27 | archivedate = 10 April 2013}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Bermuda}} || [[Bermuda petrel]] || ''Pterodroma cahow'' || {{No}} || [[File:Pterodroma cahow.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bermuda Petrel|url=http://web1.audubon.org/waterbirds/species.php?speciesCode=berpet|publisher=[[National Audubon Society]]|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Bhutan}} || [[Common raven]] ||''Corvus corax'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Corvus corax (NPS).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Bird|url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/bhutan/cache/offonce/pid/7060;jsessionid=7CEED270A343F0335A81BC5784139EC5|publisher=Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the UN|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Bolivia}} || [[Andean condor]] ||''Vultur gryphus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Colca-condor-c03.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bolivia National Emblems|url=http://www.boliviabella.com/national-emblems.html|publisher=BoliviaBella.com|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Botswana}} || [[Kori bustard]] || ''Ardeotis kori'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Ardeotis kori Etosha.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori Burchell, Etosha National park, Namibia|publisher=Winfried Bruenken (Amrum)|accessdate=20 September 2004}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Brazil}} || [[Rufous-bellied thrush]] || ''Turdus rufiventris'' || {{Yes}}|| [[Image:Rufiventris2.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.brasilemb.org/brazil/national-symbols|publisher=Embassy of Brazil, Washington DC|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|British Virgin Islands}} || [[Mourning dove]] || ''Zenaida macroura'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Mourning Dove 2006.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Coldwell Banker Real Estate BVI|url=http://www.coldwellbankerbvi.com/index.php?action=addon_blog_article&id=30|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Cambodia}} || [[Giant ibis]] || ''Thaumatibis gigantea'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:ThaumantibisGiganteaGronvold.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bird Species of the Northern Plains|url=http://www.wcscambodia.org/saving-wild-places/northern-plains/bird-species-of-the-northern-plains.html|date=6 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Canada}} || [[Canada goose]] || || {{No}} || [[File:Canada-Goose-Szmurlo.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Bird Of Canada|url=http://www.canadianraptorconservancy.com/index.php?page=official-bird-of-canada|publisher=Canadian Raptor Conservancy|accessdate=27 August 2012}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Cape Verde}} || [[Grey-headed kingfisher]] || ''Halcyon leucocephala'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Greyheadkingfisher.jpg|90px]]|| |- |{{flag|Cayman Islands}} || [[Grand Cayman parrot]] || ''Amazona leucocephala caymanensis'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Amazona leucocephala -in tree-4cp.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Cayman's National Symbols|url=http://www.caymanislands.ky/tour_guide/about_symbols.aspx|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Chile}} || [[Andean condor]] || ''Vultur gryphus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Condor flying over the Colca canyon in Peru.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Descubre Chile|url=http://www.redchilena.com/elpais/|work=red chilena.com|accessdate=6 August 2010|language=Spanish}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|{{flag|China}} || [[Red-crowned crane]] || ''Grus japonensis'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Crane japan2.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=China Considers Red-crowned Crane for National Bird |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/208073.htm|work=china.org.cn|accessdate=6 August 2010|year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/sparrow-china-national-bird-4004.html |title=It’s Crane v. Sparrow in China’s National Bird Search |year=2008 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal (China)|accessdate=15 June 2014 }}</ref> |- | [[Eurasian tree sparrow]] || ''Passer montanus'' || {{No}} || [[File:Tree Sparrow Japan Flip.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2008/09/10/its-crane-v-sparrow-in-chinas-national-bird-search/ |title=The Sparrow Wins Internet Vote for National Bird of China |year=2008 |publisher=The Epoch Times (China)|accessdate=15 June 2014 }}</ref> |- |{{flag|Colombia}} || [[Andean condor]] || ''Vultur gryphus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Colca-condor-c03.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Emblems & Symbols|url=http://www.turiscolombia.com/colombia_emblems.htm|work=TurisColombia|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Costa Rica}} || [[Clay-colored thrush]] || ''Turdus grayi'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Turdus-grayi-001.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Costa Rica|url=http://www.costarica.com/culture/national-symbols/national-bird/|work=costarica.com|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Ivory Coast}} || [[White-cheeked turaco]] || ''Tauraco leucotis'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Tauraco leucotis.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Croatia}} || [[Common nightingale]] || ''Luscinia megarhynchos'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Nachtigall (Luscinia megarhynchos)-2.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>[http://www.hnb.hr/novcan/kovanice/e1kuna.htm?tsfsg=2f8fb802e4db3c45c05d9feb07991fe6 1 Kuna Coin]. – Retrieved on 31 March 2009.</ref> |- |{{flag|Cuba}} || [[Cuban trogon]] || ''Priotelus temnurus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Cubaanse Trogon.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols of Cuba|url=http://www.radioflorida.co.cu/en/utility/national-symbols-of-cuba.asp|publisher=Radio Florida|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Denmark}} || [[Mute swan]] || ''Cygnus olor'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Swan.spreads.wings.arp.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=In and Around Denmark|url=http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-Denmark.htm|work=Copenhagen Portal|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- ||{{flag|Dominica}} || [[Imperial amazon]] || ''Amazona imperialis'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Amazona imperialis -Roseau -Dominica -aviary-6a-3c.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Dominica's National Bird - Sisserou Parrot|url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/?q=node/85|publisher=Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Dominican Republic}} || [[Palmchat]] || ''Dulus dominicus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Dulus dominicus.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Country Facts|url=http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/dominicanrepublic/cache/offonce/pid/3263|publisher=Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the UN|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Ecuador}} || [[Andean condor]] || ''Vultur gryphus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Colca-condor-c03.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Birds of Ecuador|url=http://www.ecuador-travel.net/biodiversity.birds.condor.htm|date=6 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Egypt}} || [[Golden eagle]] || ''Aquila chrysaetos'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Steinadler Aquila chrysaetos closeup1 Richard Bartz.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|El Salvador}} || [[Turquoise-browed motmot]] || ''Eumomota superciliosa'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Guardabarranco.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols El Salvador|url=http://cea-es.org/el-salavador/national-symbols#bird|publisher=Culturla and Educational Association of El Salvador|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Estonia}} || [[Barn swallow]] || ''Hirundo rustica'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Landsvale.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National symbols of Estonia|url=http://www.einst.ee/publications/symbols|publisher=Estonian Institute|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Faroe Islands}} || [[Eurasian oystercatcher]] || ''Haematopus ostralegus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Austernfischer01.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Birds in the Faroe Islands|url=http://www.framtak.com/birds/oystercatcher.html|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Finland}} || [[Whooper swan]] || ''Cygnus cygnus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Singschwan.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Finland for Birdwatchers|url=http://www.birdlife.fi/english/finland-for-birdwatchers.shtml|date=August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|France}} || [[Gallic rooster]] ||''Gallus gallus'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Rooster03.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbol|url=http://www.123independenceday.com/france/national/symbols/|date=6 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Germany}} || [[Golden eagle]] ||''Aquila chrysaetos'' || {{No}} || [[File:Aquila chrysaetos Flickr.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bundesadler - Welcher Vogel stand beim Wappentier Modell? |work=[[abendblatt.de]] |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/ratgeber/wissen/umwelt/article107477175/Bundesadler-Welcher-Vogel-stand-beim-Wappentier-Modell.html|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Gibraltar}} || [[Barbary partridge]] ||''Alectoris barbara'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Alectoris barbara Tenerife.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Gibraltar's Culture and Customs|url=http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Gibraltars-Culture-and-Customs-172246.html|accessdate=3 August 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Greece}} || [[Little owl]] || ''Athene noctua'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Athene noctua (cropped).jpg|90px]]|| |- |{{flag|Grenada}} || [[Grenada dove]] || ''Leptotila wellsi'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Grenadadove1.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Grenada Dove - National Bird of Grenada|url=http://www.gov.gd/articles/grenada_dove.html|publisher=Government of Grenada|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Guatemala}} || [[Resplendent quetzal]] || ''Pharomachrus mocinno'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Quetzal01.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Interesting Facts About Guatemala|url=http://www.all-about-guatemala.com/guatemala-facts.html|work=all-about-guatemala.com|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Guyana}} || [[Hoatzin]] || ''Opisthocomus hoazin'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Opisthocomus hoazin.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Guyana National Symbols|url=http://www.guyanaguide.com/natsymbols.html|work=guyanaguide.com|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Haiti}} || [[Hispaniolan trogon]] || ''Priotelus roseigaster'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Priotelus roseigaster.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Haiti Culture, Map, Flag, Tourist Places|url=http://www.sphereinfo.com/haiti-history-culture-religion.htm|accessdate=6 June 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Honduras}} || [[Scarlet macaw]] || ''Ara macao'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Ara macao -Yucatan, Mexico-8a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Does Honduras have National flora and fauna?|url=http://www.travel-to-honduras.com/faq-10/51.php}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Hungary}} || [[Saker falcon]] || ''Falco cherrug'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Holy animals of our ancestors|url=http://istvandr.kiszely.hu/ostortenet/024.html|date=November 2012}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Iceland}} || [[Gyrfalcon]] || ''Falco rusticolus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Falco rusticolus white cropped.jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Icelandic Coat of Arms|url=http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/state-symbols/icelandic-coat-of-arms/history/#Falcon_emblem|publisher=Iceland Prime Minister's Office|accessdate=29 October 2010}}</ref> |- |[[File:Kokbayraq flag.svg|22px]] [[East Turkestan]] || [[Golden pheasant]] || ''Chrysolophus pictus'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Darica Sulun 07185.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|India}} || [[Green peacock|Indian peacock]] ||''Pavo muticus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Green Peafowl.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Bird|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/national_bird.php|work=[[India.gov.in]]|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Indonesia}} || [[Javan hawk-eagle]] || ''Nisaetus bartelsi'' || {{Yes}} ||[[Image:Javan Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi) (464508083).jpg|90px]]||<ref>{{cite web|title=Javan Hawk-Eagle|url=http://www.speciesconservation.org/projects/Javan-Hawk-Eagle/917|date=6 June 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Iran}} || [[Common nightingale]] || ''Luscinia megarhynchos'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Nachtigall (Luscinia megarhynchos)-2.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://worldnews.about.com/od/iran/p/Iran.htm|title=Iran - Profile of Iran|publisher=worldnews.about.com|accessdate=4 November 2015}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Iraq}} || [[Chukar partridge]] || ''Alectoris chukar'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Alectoris-chukar-001.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Iraq Culture, Map, Flag, Tourist Places|url=http://www.sphereinfo.com/iraq-history-culture-religion.htm|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Israel}} || [[Hoopoe]] ||''Upupa epops'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Upupa epops (Ramat Gan)002.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel names biblically banned Hoopoe national bird|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSCOO95531320080529|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=9 August 2010 | date=29 May 2008}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Italy}} || [[Italian sparrow]] ||''Passer italiae'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Italian Sparrow male and female.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title= Italian House Sparrow|url=http://ebnitalia.it/easyNews/NewsLeggi.asp?NewsID=181|publisher=[[EBN Italia]]|accessdate=10 May 2015 | date=1 May 2015}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Red-billed streamertail|Doctor bird]] || ''Trochilus polytmus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Trochilus polytmus.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/This%20Is%20Jamaica/symbols.html|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Japan}} || [[Green pheasant]]|| ''Phasianus versicolor'' || {{Yes}} ||[[Image:Phasianus versicolor in field.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Kokucho(The national bird)|url=http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/symb.htm|work=japanlink.co.jp|accessdate=9 August 2010}} Declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947</ref> |- |{{flag|Jordan}} || [[Sinai rosefinch]] || ''Carpodacus synoicus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Carpodacus synoicus male(01).jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="National Bird by Country">{{cite web|title=National Bird by Country|url=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/bac_nat_bir-background-national-bird|date=14 July 2011}}</ref> |- |[[Image:Kashmir independent.svg|22px]] [[Kashmiristan]] || [[Black-necked crane]] || ''Grus nigricollis'' || {{No}} || [[File:Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis).jpg|90px]] |- |{{flag|Kenya}} || [[Lilac-breasted roller]] || ''Coracias caudatus'' || {{No}} || [[File:Lilac Roller.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="Johnny Jet National Bird Kenya">{{cite web|title=Johnny Jet National Bird Kenya|url=http://www.johnnyjet.com/2013/06/in-search-of-the-big-five-on-a-micato-safari-in-the-masai-mara/micato-safaris-kenya-africa-olare-mara-kempinski-masai-mara-2013-095/|date=14 August 2013}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Latvia}} || [[White wagtail]] ||''Motacilla alba'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:White-Wagtail.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Other Latvian Symbols |url=http://www.li.lv/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=65|publisher=Latvian Institute|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Liberia}} || [[Garden bulbul]] || ''Pycnonotus barbatus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Pycnonotus tricolor Bwindi NP, Uganda.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="National Bird by Country"/> |- |{{flag|Lithuania}} || [[White stork]] || ''Ciconia ciconia'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Ciconia ciconia 1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Birds of Lithuania|url=http://www.birdlist.org/lithuania.htm|date=6 June 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Luxembourg}} || [[Goldcrest]] || ''Regulus regulus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Regulus regulus0.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://travelluxembourg.org/?act=show_page&category_id=940|date=6 June 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Malawi}} || [[African Fish Eagle]] || ''Haliaeetus vocifer'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:African fish eagle just caught fish.jpg|90px]] || Malawi Coat of Arms |- |{{flag|Malaysia}} || [[Rhinoceros hornbill]] || ''Buceros rhinoceros'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Buceros rhinoceros -Nashville Zoo-8.jpg|90px]] | |- |{{flag|Maldives}} || [[Oriental turtle dove]] || ''Streptopelia orientalis'' || {{No}} || [[File:Orientalturtledove.JPG|90px]] | |- |{{flag|Malta}} || [[Blue rock thrush]] || ''Monticola solitarius'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Monticola solitarius philippensis.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Birdwatching in Malta - Blue Rock Thrush|url=http://www.birdinginmalta.com/species_bluerockthrush.htm|accessdate=1 June 2012}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Mauritius}} || [[Dodo]] ||''Raphus cucullatus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Raphus cucullatus.jpg|90px]] || |- ||{{flag|Mexico}} || [[Golden eagle]] || ''Aquila chrysaetos'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:GoldenEagle-Nova.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Eagle|url=http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle7.html|date=8 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Mongolia}} || [[Saker falcon]] || ''Falco cherrug'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Mongolian Ornithological Society|url=http://www.mos.mn|accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Montserrat}} || [[Montserrat oriole]] || ''Icterus oberi'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Icterus oberi.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Nature Adventures|url=http://www.visitmontserrat.com/index.php?categoryid=20|publisher=Montserrat Tourist Board|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- | {{flag|Myanmar}} || [[Grey peacock-pheasant]] || ''Polyplectron bicalcaratum'' || {{No}} ||[[File:Polyplectron bicalcaratum -Birmingham Nature Centre, England-8a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Myanmar's National Bird|url=http://www.geosymbols.org/World/Myanmar/Bird|date=16 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Namibia}} || [[African fish eagle]] || ''Haliaeetus vocifer'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:African fish eagle just caught fish.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="namibian">{{cite web|title=Namibian.org|url=http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/birds.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols of Namibia|url=http://www.gov.na/national-symbols}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Nepal}} || [[Himalayan monal]] || ''Lophophorus impejanus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Monal I IMG 4002.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Napal: An Overview|url=http://www.nepalvista.com/features/plants-animals.php|work=ncthakur.itgo.com|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Netherlands}} || [[Black-tailed godwit]] || ''Limosa limosa'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Limosa limosa (Uitkerke).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Godwit elected National Bird|url=http://www.nu.nl/dieren/4166987/grutto-verkozen-nationale-vogel.html|publisher=Sanoma Media Netherlands Group|accessdate=8 March 2016|language=Dutch}}</ref> |- |{{flag|New Zealand}} || [[Kiwi]] || ''Apteryx mantelli'' || {{No}} || [[File:TeTuatahianui.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Nationhood and identity|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/government-and-nation/9|work=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|accessdate=9 August 2010|quote=The kiwi, represents New Zealand, but it has no official status as a symbol.}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Nicaragua}} || [[Turquoise-browed motmot]] || ''Eumomota superciliosa'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Motmot1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=General Investors' Guide|url=http://www.mific.gob.ni/docushare/dsweb/GetRendition/Document-800/html|publisher=El Ministerio De Fomento Industria Y Comercio|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Nigeria}} || [[Black crowned crane]] || ''Balearica pavonina'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Black crowned crane.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigeria|url=http://www.geosymbols.org/World/Nigeria|date=16 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|North Korea}} || [[Northern goshawk]] ||''Accipiter gentilis'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Accipiter gentilis -owned by a falconer in Scotland -upper body-8a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{Cite web | title = Protection of Goshawk Active in DPRK | publisher = KCNA | work = Naenara | date = 5 March 2016 | accessdate = 6 March 2016 | url = http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/society/?natural+1+2831 }}</ref> |- |{{flag|Norway}} || [[White-throated dipper]] || ''Cinclus cinclus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Cinclus cinclus R(ThKraft).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Norges nasjonalfugl fossekallen|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostafjells/telemark/1.6578122|language=Norwegian|publisher=Norsk Rikskringkasting AS|accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|{{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Chukar partridge]] || ''Alectoris chukar'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Chukarhuhn Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2010.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]] (Heritage bird) || ''Falco peregrinus peregrinator'' || {{Unofficial}} || [[File:FalcoAtricepsKeulemans.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="nationalsymbol">{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html| title=National Symbols of Pakistan| publisher=Government of Pakistan| accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Palestine}} || [[Palestine sunbird]] || ''Cinnyris oseus'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Palestine Sunbird standing on fence.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>[http://portal.wildlife-pal.org/php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28 The First Palestinian Bird Migration Festival], Palestine Wildlife Society. Retrieved 29 July 2009.</ref> |- |{{flag|Panama}} || [[Harpy eagle]] || ''Harpia harpyja'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:DirkvdM big bird.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Facts//National Symbols|url=http://www.embassyofpanamainjapan.org/en/countryfacts/symbols/|publisher=Embassy of Panama in Japan|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || [[Raggiana bird-of-paradise]] || ''Paradisaea raggiana'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise wild 5.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Birds of Paradise|url=http://www.habitat.org.pg/birds_of_paradise.htm|work=Rainforest Habitat|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Paraguay}} || [[Bare-throated bellbird]] || ''Procnias nudicollis'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Procnias nudicollis -captivity-4.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Guyra Campana |url=http://www.guyra.org.py/|work=Guyra Paraguay|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Peru}} || [[Andean cock-of-the-rock]] || ''Rupicola peruvianus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Rupicola peruviana (male) -San Diego Zoo-8a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Andean Cock-of-the-Rock |url=http://www.go2peru.com/peru_birds_30.htm|work=Go2Peru.com|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Philippines}} || [[Philippine eagle]] || ''Pithecophaga jefferyi'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Sir Arny(Philippine Eagle).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Philippine National Symbols|url=http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_national_symbols.html|work=Philippines country guide|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Puerto Rico}} || [[Puerto Rican spindalis]] || ''Spindalis portoricensis'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:PuertoRicanSpindalis.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Romania}} || [[Great white pelican]] || ''Pelecanus onocrotalus'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Whitepelican edit shadowlift.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Russia}} || [[wikipedia:Tundra_swan|Tundra swan]] || ''Cygnus columbianus'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Cygnus bewickii 01.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Saint Helena}} || [[Saint Helena plover]] || ''Charadrius sanctaehelenae'' || {{Yes}} || [[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 Kitts and Nevis}} || [[Brown pelican]] || ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Pelecanus Occidentalis KW 1.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.sknvibes.com/Government/NationalSymbols.cfm|publisher=SKNVibes inc|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || [[St Vincent parrot]] || ''Amazona guildingii'' || {{Yes}} || [[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=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Scotland}} || [[Golden eagle]] || ''Aquila chrysaetos'' || {{No}} || [[Image:GoldenEagle-Nova.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Gordon Buchanan joins call for golden eagle to be made national bird|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25917819|date=28 January 2014 | location=Edinburgh|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Serbia}} || [[Griffon vulture]] || ''Gyps fulvus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Gyps fulvus 01 by Line1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Opstanak Zasticenih Vrsta|url=http://amlramzes.blog.rs/blog/amlramzes/zastita-zivotinja/2011/11/01/beloglavi-sup|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Singapore}} || [[Crimson sunbird]] || ''Aethopyga siparaja'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Crimson sunbird.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Crimson sunbird tops bird poll|url=http://www.ecologyasia.com/news-archives/2002/may-02/straitstimes.asia1.com.sg_singapore_story_0,1870,122962,00.html|publisher=[[The Straits Times]]|accessdate=9 August 2010|year=2002}}</ref> |- |{{flag|South Africa}} || [[Blue crane]] ||''Anthropoides paradisea'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Anthropoides paradiseaPCCA20051227-1883B.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="NS">{{cite web|title=Namibia Stamps : SAPOA Sheetlet|url=http://www.namibstamps.com/namibia2004birds.htm|publisher=Namib Stamps|accessdate=4 August 2010|year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The National Bird|url=http://www.saembassy.org/aboutsa/bird.htm|publisher=Embassy of South Africa in Washington DC|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|South Korea}} || [[Korean magpie]] ||''Pica (pica) serieca'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Korean magpie in Daejeon (side profile).jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|South Sudan}} || [[African fish eagle]] ||''Haliaeetus vocifer'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:African fish eagle flying cropped.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Spain}} || [[Spanish imperial eagle]] || ''Aquila adalberti'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Aquila adalberti.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Sri Lanka junglefowl]] ||''Gallus lafayetii'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Thimindu 2009 09 04 Yala Sri Lanka Junglefowl 1.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Anthem|url=http://www.mysrilanka.com/travel/lanka/nati_symbol/bird.htm|work=mysrilanka.com|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Sudan}} || [[Secretary bird]] ||''Sagittarius serpentarius'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Sagittarius serpentarius -Tsavo East National Park, Kenya -flying-8.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Swaziland}} || [[Purple-crested turaco]] ||''Tauraco porphyreolophus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Purplecreszed lourie1.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="NS"/> |- |{{flag|Sweden}} ||[[Common blackbird]] || ''Turdus merula'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Turdus merula -garden wall-8.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweden's National Bird|url=http://www.geosymbols.org/World/Sweden/Bird|date=15 July 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Taiwan}} || [[Taiwan blue magpie]] || ''Urocissa caerulea'' || {{No}} ||[[File:Urocissa caerulea.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Thailand}} || [[Siamese fireback]] || ''Lophura diardi'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Lophura diardi -Florida, USA -captive-8a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=ไก่ฟ้าพญาลอ นกประจำชาติ ฤๅ ตำนาน|url=http://www.jabchai.com/main/view_joke.php?id=1391}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} ||[[Scarlet ibis]] || ''Eudocimus ruber'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Eudocimus ruber (portrait).jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="T&T gov">{{cite web |url=http://www.news.gov.tt/index.php?news=176 |title=The National Birds |publisher=Trinidad and Tobago Government News |date=14 July 2008 |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> |- |[[Rufous-vented chachalaca|Cocrico]] || ''Ortalis ruficauda'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Ortalis ruficauda -Aragua -Venezuela-8.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="T&T gov" /> |- |{{flag|Turkey}} ||[[Redwing]] ||''Turdus iliacus'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Redwing Turdus iliacus.jpg|90px]] || |- |{{flag|Uganda}} || [[East African crowned crane]] || ''Balearica regulorum gibbericeps'' || {{Yes}} || [[File:Crested Crane, Bunyonyi, Uganda.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Ugandan National Symbols |url=http://www.ugandamission.net/aboutug/symbols.html|work=Uganda Short-term Ministry Guide|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[European robin]] || ''Erithacus rubecula'' || {{No}}|| [[File:Erithacus rubecula with cocked head.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Robin tops poll to find UK's 'national bird'|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33090043|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=13 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Robin wins vote for UK's national bird|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/10/robin-wins-vote-uk-national-bird-britain|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=19 June 2015}}</ref> |- |{{flag|United States}} || [[Bald eagle]] || ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' || {{Yes}}|| [[File:Bald eagle closeup 16x9.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Symbols of U.S. Government: The Bald Eagle|url=http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/eagle.html|work=Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Uruguay}} || [[Southern lapwing]] || ''Vanellus chilensis'' || {{No}} || [[Image:Vanellus-chilensis-001.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=TERO TERO the national bird of Uruguay|url=http://www.tordesillasrefugiohotel.com/diary/2011/03/tero-tero-uruguays-national-bird/|work= by Maria TERO TERO – el ave nacional del Uruguay|accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Venezuela}} || [[Venezuelan troupial]] || ''Icterus icterus'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:Common Troupial - Nashville Zoo.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=http://www.venezuela.org.my/About%20Venezuela/nationalsymb.html|publisher=Venezuelan Embassy in Malaysia|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Zambia}} || [[African fish eagle]] ||''Haliaeetus vocifer'' || {{Yes}} || [[Image:African fish eagle just caught fish.jpg|90px]] ||<ref name="NS"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Zambia|url=http://www.zambiatourism.com/travel/traveladvice/general.htm|work=zambiatourism.com|accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref> |- |{{flag|Zimbabwe}} || [[African fish eagle]] || ''Haliaeetus vocifer'' || {{Yes}} ||[[Image:Hvidhovedet afrikansk ørn2.png|90px]] ||<ref name="NS"/> |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:national birds, List of }} [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lists of animals]] [[Category:National symbols|Birds]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=5774360.
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