List of national birds
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This is a list of national birds, most official, but some unofficial:
- Angola - Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Antigua and Barbuda - Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
- Argentina - Rufous Hornero, Furnarius rufus
- Australia - Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae (unofficial [link])
- Austria - Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica
- Bahamas - Caribbean Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
- Bahrain - White-cheeked Bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogenys
- Bangladesh - Oriental Magpie Robin, Copsychus saularis (doayle, dhayal)
- Barbados - Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
- Belarus - Black Stork, Ciconia nigra
- Belgium - Common Kestrel, Falco tinninculus
- Belize - Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Bhutan - Common Raven Corvus corax
- Bolivia - Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus
- Botswana - Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata or Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
- Brazil - Rufous-bellied Thrush, Turdus rufiventris (sabiá-laranjeira)
- Canada - Common Loon, Gavia immer
- Chile - Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus
- China - as yet undetermined, suggestions include Blue-eared Pheasant and Red-crowned Crane [1]
- Colombia - Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus
- Costa Rica - Clay-colored Robin, Turdus grayi (yigüirro)
- Cuba - Cuban Trogon, Priotelus temnurus (tocororo)
- Denmark - Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
- Dominica - Imperial Parrot, Amazona imperialis (Sisserou)
- Dominican Republic - Palmchat, Dulus dominicus
- Ecuador - Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus
- El Salvador - Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota (torogoz)
- Estonia - Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica
- Fiji - Collared Lory, Phigys solitarius (kula)
- Finland - Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
- France - rooster, Gallus gallus
- The Gambia - as yet undetermined, suggestions include Blue-bellied Roller and Spur-winged Goose [1]
- Georgia - Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
- Germany - White Stork, Ciconia ciconia
- Grenada - Grenada Dove, Leptotila wellsi
- Guatemala - Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno
- Guyana - Hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin
- Haiti - Hispaniolan Trogon, Priotelus roseigaster
- Honduras - Yellow-naped Parrot, Amazona auropalliata
- Hungary - Great Bustard, Otis tarda
- Iceland - Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- India - blue Indian Peafowl male, Pavo cristatus
- Indonesia - Javan Hawk Eagle, Spizaetus bartelsi
- Iran - Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos (unofficial)
- Iraq - Chukar, Alectoris chukar
- Republic of Ireland - as yet undetermined, suggestions include wren and robin
- Jamaica - Green-and-black Streamertail, Trochilus polytmus (doctor bird)
- Japan - Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor (kiji)
- Jordan - Sinai Rosefinch, Carpodacus synoicus
- Kenya - rooster, Gallus gallus or Black Crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina (both unofficial)
- South Korea - Korean Magpie, Pica sericea
- Latvia - White Wagtail, Motacilla alba
- Lesotho - Southern Bald Ibis, Geronticus calvus
- Liberia - Common Bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus (pepperbird)
- Lithuania - White Stork, Ciconia ciconia
- Luxembourg - Goldcrest, Regulus regulus
- Malaysia - Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
- Malta - Blue Rock Thrush, Monticola solitarius
- Mauritius - Dodo, Raphus cucullatus
- Mexico - Crested Caracara, Polyborus plancus / Caracara cheriway or Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos (official stance currently does not specify any species)
- Myanmar (Burma) - Grey Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Burmese peacock)
- Namibia - Crimson-breasted Shrike, Laniarius atrococcineus
- Nepal - Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus (danphe)
- Netherlands - Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
- New Zealand - Brown Kiwi, Apteryx australis
- Nicaragua - Turquoise-browed Motmot, Eumomota superciliosa (guardabarranco)
- Nigeria - Black-crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina
- Norway - White-throated Dipper, Cinclus cinclus
- Pakistan - Chukar, Alectoris chukar and Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Palau - Palau Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus pelewensis
- Panama - Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja
- Papua New Guinea - Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana
- Paraguay - Bare-throated Bellbird, Procnias nudicollis
- Peru - Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Rupicola peruviana
- Philippines - Philippine Eagle, Pithecophaga jefferyi
- Poland - White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- Romania - White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus (proposed)
- Rwanda - Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum (unofficial)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
- Saint Lucia - St. Lucia Parrot, Amazona versicolor
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - St. Vincent Parrot, Amazona guildingii
- Samoa - Tooth-billed Pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris (manumea)
- Sao Tome and Principe - African Grey Parrot, Psittacus erithacus and Black Kite, Milvus migrans
- Seychelles - Seychelles Black Parrot, Coracopsis nigra barklyi
- Singapore - Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja
- South Africa - Blue Crane, Anthropoides paradisea
- Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Gallus lafayetti
- Sudan - Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius
- Swaziland - Purple-crested Turaco, Tauraco porphyreolophus
- Sweden - Common Blackbird, Turdus merula
- Switzerland - Chicken, ''Gallus gallus (Appenzeller Spitzhauben)
- Taiwan - Mikado Pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado
- Tanzania - Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum (unofficial)
- Thailand - Siamese Fireback, Lophura diardi
- Tonga - Pacific Imperial Pigeon, Ducula pacifica (lupe)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- * Trinidad - Scarlet Ibis, Eudocimus ruber
- * Tobago - Rufous-vented Chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda (cocrico)
- Turkey - Redwing, Turdus iliacus
- Uganda - Grey-crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum
- United Arab Emirates - Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
- United Kingdom - European Robin, Erithacus rubecula
- United States - Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Uruguay - Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis (terutero, tero tero)
- Venezuela - Troupial, Icterus icterus (turpial)
- Zambia - African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
- Zimbabwe - African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
Official birds of subnational entities
- Australia
- * Australian Capital Territory - Gang-gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum
- * Queensland - Brolga, Grus rubicunda
- * New South Wales - Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
- * Northern Territory - Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax
- * South Australia - Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen (piping shrike)
- * Victoria - Helmeted Honeyeater, Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
- * Western Australia - Black Swan, Cygnus atratus
- Canada
- * Alberta - Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
- * British Columbia - Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
- * Manitoba -- Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa
- * New Brunswick - Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
- * Newfoundland and Labrador - Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica
- * Northwest Territories - Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- * Nova Scotia - Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
- * Nunavut - Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
- * Ontario - Common Loon, Gavia immer
- * Prince Edward Island - Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
- * Quebec - Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus
- * Saskatchewan - Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
- * Yukon - Common Raven, Corvus corax
- China
- * Guangdong - Silver Pheasant, Lophura nycthemera
- * Hainan - Hainan Partridge, Arborophila ardens
- * Ningxia - Blue-eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon auritum
- * Qinghai - Black-necked Crane, Grus nigricollis
- * Shaanxi - Japanese Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon
- * Shanxi - Brown-eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon mantchuricum
- Denmark
- * Faroe Islands - Eurasian Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
- France
- * New Caledonia - Kagu, Rhynochetos jubatus
- India
- * see List of Indian state birds
- Japan
- * Aichi - Japanese Scops Owl, Otus semitorques
- * Akita - Copper Pheasant, Phasianus soemmeringii
- * Aomori - Bewick's Swan, Cygnus bewickii
- * Chiba - Meadow Bunting, Emberiza cioides
- * Ehime - Japanese Robin, Erithacus akahige
- * Fukui - Dusky Thrush, Turdus naumanni
- * Fukuoka - Japanese Bush Warbler, Cettia diphone
- * Fukushima - Narcissus Flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina
- * Gifu - Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
- * Gunma - Copper Pheasant, Phasianus soemmeringii
- * Hiroshima - Red-throated Diver, Gavia stellata
- * Hokkaido - Red-crowned Crane, Grus japonensis
- * Hyogo - White Stork, Ciconia ciconia
- * Ibaraki - Japanese Skylark, Alauda japonica
- * Ishikawa - Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- * Iwate - Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
- * Kagawa - Lesser Cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- * Kagoshima - Lidth's Jay, Garrulus lidthi
- * Kanagawa - Common Gull, Larus canus
- * Kochi - Fairy Pitta, Pitta nympha
- * Kumamoto - Japanese Skylark, Alauda japonica
- * Kyoto - Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas
- * Mie - Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
- * Miyagi - "wild goose" (Anser, Branta, and Chen)
- * Miyazaki - Ijima Copper Pheasant, Phasianus soemmerringii ijimae
- * Nagano - Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
- * Nagasaki - Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata
- * Nara - Japanese Robin, Erithacus akahige
- * Niigata - Japanese Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon
- * Oita - Japanese White-eye, Zosterops japonica
- * Okayama - Lesser Cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- * Okinawa - Okinawa Woodpecker, Sapheopipo noguchii
- * Osaka - Bull-headed Shrike, Lanius bucephalus
- * Saga - Black-billed Magpie, Pica pica
- * Saitama - Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto
- * Shiga - Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
- * Shimane - Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
- * Shizuoka - Japanese Paradise Flycatcher, Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- * Tochigi - Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- * Tokushima - "white heron" (Ardea and Egretta)
- * Tokyo - Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibundus
- * Tottori - Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata
- * Toyama - Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
- * Wakayama - Japanese White-eye, Zosterops japonica
- * Yamagata - Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata
- * Yamaguchi - Hooded Crane, Grus monacha
- * Yamanashi - Japanese Bush Warbler, Cettia diphone
- Malaysia
- * Sarawak - Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
- * Selangor - White-bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Netherlands
- * Bonaire - Caribbean Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
- Philippines
- * Antique - Writhed-billed Hornbill, Aceros waldeni (dulungan, kalaw)
- * Abra - Writhed-billed Hornbill, Aceros waldeni (kalaw)
- * Bohol - Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus chinensis (antolihaw, dimodlaw)
- * Cebu - Cebu Flowerpecker, Dicaeum quadricolor
- United Kingdom
- * Anguilla - Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- * Bermuda - White-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
- * British Virgin Islands - Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- * Cayman Islands - Cayman Parrot, Amazona leucocephala caymanensis
- * Montserrat - Montserrat Oriole, Icterus oberi
- * Scotland - Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- United States
- * District of Columbia - Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
- * Guam - Mariana Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus roseicapilla (totot)
- * Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Spindalis, Spindalis portoricensis (reina mora)
- * United States Virgin Islands - Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
- * see list of U.S. state birds
- * see list of U.S. county birds
See also
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