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The '''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"
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!Country
!Name of bird
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|{{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]]mosquito ||''Culicidae'' || {{Yes}}  || ||<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>
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==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:national birds, List of }}
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Lists of animals]]
[[Category:National symbols|Birds]]