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National Birds

  • Afghanistan: Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
  • Golden Eagle
  • Albania: Dalamation pelican, Pelecanus crispus
  • Angola: Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
  • Anguilla: common ground dove, Zenaida Aurita
  • Zenaida Aurita
  • Antigua: frigate or weather bird, Fregata magnificens
  • Argentina: joão-de-barro, rufous hornero,Furnarius rufus
  • Furnarius rufus
  • Australia: emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
  • Dromaius novaehollandiae
  • Australia — Australian National Territory: gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon timbristum
  • Australia — New South Wales: kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Dacelo novaeguineae
  • Australia — Northern Territory: wedge-tailed eagle,aquila audax
  • Australia — Queensland: brolga,Grus rubicundas
  • Australia — South Australia: piping shrike, magpie, gymnorhina tibicen (unofficial)
  • Australia — Victoria: helmeted honeyeater, Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
  • Australia — Western Australia: black swan, Cygnus atratus
  • Australia — Tasmania:(no official state bird)
  • Austria: barn swallow, Hirundo rustica

  • Bahamas: greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
  • Phoenicopterus ruber(2)Phoenicopterus ruber(1)
  • Phoenicopterus ruber(4) Phoenicopterus ruber(3) Phoenicopterus ruber
  • Bahrain: White-cheeked bulbul, Pyncnonotus leucogenys
  • Bangladesh: dhayal, magpie robin, Copsychus saularis
  • Copsychus saularis
  • Belarus: Black Stork, Ciconia nigra
  • Belgium: kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
  • Falco tinnunculus
  • Belize: keel-billed toucan,Ramphastos sulfuratus
  • Bermuda: white-tailed tropicbird,Phaethon lepturus
  • Bhutan: common raven, Corvus corax
  • Corvus corax
  • Bolivia: Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
  • Botswana: Lilac-breasted roller, Cattle egret,  Corracias caudata, Bulbulcus ibis
  • Bonaire: Greater flamigo, Phoenicopterus ruber
  • Brazil: golden parakeet (ararajuba), Guarouba guarouba or Aratinga guarouba
  • British Virgin Islands: mourning dove, Zenaida macroura
  • Burma (Myanmar): Burmese peacock, Polyplectron bicalcaratum
  • Polyplectron bicalcaratum

  • Cambodia: giant ibis, pseudibis gigantea
  • Gavia immer
  • Canada: common loon, Gavia immer
  • Gavia immer
  • Canada — Alberta: Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
  • Canada — British Columbia
    Stellar's Jay,  Cyanocitta stelleri
    Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius
  • Canada — Manitoba: Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa
  • Canada — New Brunswick: Black-capped Chickadee, Parus atricapillus
  • Canada — Newfoundland: Puffin,  Fratercula arctica
  • Canada — Northwest Territories: Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
  • Canada — Nova Scotia: Osprey,  Pandion haliaetus
  • Canada — Nunavut: Rock Ptarmigan,  Lagopus mutus
  • Canada — Ontario: Common Loon,  Gavia immer
  • Canada — Prince Edward Island: Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
  • Canada — Quebec: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca
  • Canada — Saskachewan: Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
  • Canada — Yukon: Common Raven,  Corvus corax
  • Cayman Island: Cayman parrot, Amazona leucocephala
  • Amazona leucocephala
  • Chile: Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
  • China: Red-crowned crane?
  • China — Shaanxi Province: crested ibis,  Nipponia nippon
  • Nipponia nippon
  • Ningxia Province: blue eared-pheasant,  Crossoptilon auritum
  • Shanxi Province: brown eared-pheasant, Crossoptilon mantchuricum
  • Colombia: Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
  • Vultur gryphus
  • Costa Rica: yigüirro, turdus grayi
  • Cuba: le tocororo, Priotelus temnurus

  • Denmark: mute swan, Cygnus olor
  • Dominica: sisserou, Amazona imperialis
  • Amazona imperialis
  • Dominican Republic: palm chat, Dulus dominicus

  • Ecuador: Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
  • El Salvador: Blue-crowned motmot, torogoz,Motmotus momota
  • Estonia: barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  • Hirundo rustica

  • Faraoe Islands: Eurasian oystercatcher,  Haematopus ostralegus ostra
  • Haematopus ostralegus ostra
  • Fiji Islands: Collared Lory, kula,  Phigys solitarius
  • Finland: whooper swan,  Cygnus cygnus
  • Cygnus cygnus
  • France: cockerel, red jungle fowl,  Gallus gallus

  • Georgia: common pheasant,  Phasianus colchicus
  • Germany: white stork,  Ciconia ciconia
  • Ciconia ciconia
  • Grenada: grenada dove, Leptotila wellsi
  • Leptotila wellsi
  • Guam: flightless guam rail, ko'ko', Rallus owstoni
  • Guatemala: quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno
  • Guyana: canje pheasant or hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Leptotila wellsi

  • Haiti: hispaniolan trogon, Priotelus roseigaster
  • Honduras: yellow-naped Amazon parrot, ochrocephala auropalliata
  • Hungary: great bustard, Otis tarda
  • Otis tarda

  • Iceland: gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
  • Falco rusticolus
  • India: the peacock, Pavo cristatus
  • Pavo cristatus
  • Indonesia: Javan hawk eagle, Spizaetus bartelsi
  • Indonesia — Bali: Bali mynah,  Leucopsar rothschildi 
  • Iraq: Kew, Chukar, Partridge Alectoris
  • Iran: Nightingale,  Luscinia megarhynchos
  • Israel: Eurasian Hoopoe,  Upupa epops
  • Jamaica: streamertail, doctor bird, Troclilus polytmus
  • Japan: kiyi, green pheasant,Phasianus versicolor
  • Phasianus versicolor
  • Jordan: Sinai rosefinch, Carpodacus synoicus
  • Carpodacus synoicus

  • Korea (unofficial): black-billed magpie, Pica pica
  • Pica pica

  • Latvia: white wagtail, Motacilla alba
  • Liberia: pepper bird, Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Lithuania: White Stork, Ciconia ciconia
  • Luxembourg: goldcrest, Regulus regulus
  • Regulus regulus

  • Malaysia (unofficial): Malaysian peacock-pheasant,  Polyplectron malacense
  • Malaysia — Sabah: magpie robin, Copsychus saularis
  • Malaysia — Sarawak : rhinoceros hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
  • Malta: blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius
  • Marianna Islands: Ko’Ko’ (Guam rail),Rallus owstoni
  • Mexico: crested caracara, Caracara plancus
  • Montserrat: Montserrat oriole,Icterus Oberi
  • Icterus Oberi
  • Myanmar (Burma): Burmese peacock, Polyplectron bicalcaratum

  • Namibia: crimson-breasted shrike or gonalek, Laniarius atrococcineus (or fish eagle)
  • Nepal: impayan pheasant, Himalayan monal, Lophophorus impejanus
  • New Caledonia: Kagu, Rhynochetos jubatus
  • Rhynochetos jubatus
  • New Zealand: brown Kiwi,Apteryx mantelli
  • Apteryx mantelli
  • Nicaragua: turquoise-browed motmot, Eumomota superciliosa
  • Nigeria: black crowned crane, Balearica pavonina
  • Balearica pavonina
  • Norway: dipper, Cinclus cinclus
  • Cinclus cinclus

  • Panama: harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
  • Palau: Palau fruit dove, Ptilinopus pelewensis
  • Ptilinopus pelewensis
  • Papua New Guinea: Raggiana bird of paradise, Paradisaea raggiana
  • Paradisaea raggiana
  • Paraguay: bare-throated bellbird, Procnias nudicollis
  • Peru: Andean cock of the rock, Rupicola peruviana
  • Philippines: Philippine eagle, (monkey eating eagle)
  • Pithecophaga jefferyi
  • -or-
  • maya,Lonchura malacca
  • Pithecophaga jefferyi
  • Poland: white-tailed sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
  • Puerto Rico: bananaquit, Coereba flaveola

  • Sao Tome & Principe: African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus
  • Psittacus erithacus
  • Singapore (unofficial): white-bellied fish-eagle, Haliaeethus leucogaster
  • South Africa: blue crane, Grus paradisea
  • Grus paradisea
  • Sri Lanka: Ceylon junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii
  • St Helena: wirebird, Chardrius sanctae helenae
  • St. Kitts and Nevis: brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
  • St Lucian: St. Lucian parrot, Amazona versicolor
  • St Vincent &Grenadines: St. Vincent parrot, Amazona guildingii
  • Amazona guildingii
  • Swaziland: violet-crested turaco, Tauraco porphyreolophus
  • Tauraco porphyreolophus
  • Sweden: Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula
  • Turdus merula

  • Taiwan (unofficial): grey-faced buzzard-eagle, 
  • Butastur indicus
  • -or-
  • mikado pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado
  • Thailand: Siamese fireback pheasant, Lophura diardi
  • Trinidad: the scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber
  • Eudocimus ruber
  • Tobago: the cocrico, Ortalis ruficauda
  • Turkey: redwing, Turdus iliacus

  • Uganda: grey crowned crane, Balearica regulorum
  • Balearica regulorum
  • United Kingdom: European robin, Erithacus rubecula
  • Erithacus rubecula
  • United States of America: bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • U S A — Alabama: northern flicker,  Colaptes auratus
  • Colaptes auratus
  • U S A — Alaska: willow ptarmigan,  Lagopus lagopus
  • Lagopus lagopus
  • U S A — Arizona: cactus wren,  Campylorpynchus brunncicapillum
  • Campylorpynchus brunncicapillum
  • U S A — Arkansas: northern mockingbird,  Mimus polyglottos
  • Mimus polyglottos
  • U S A — California: California quail,  Callipepla californica
  • Callipepla californica
  • U S A — Colorado: lsrk bunting,  Calamospiza melanocorys
  • Calamospiza melanocorys
  • U S A — Connecticut: American robin,  Turdus migratorius
  • Turdus migratorius
  • U S A — Delaware: blue hen,Gallus gallus
  • U S A — District of Columbia: wood thrush,  Hylocichla mustelina
  • U S A — Florida: northern mockingbird,   Mimus polyglottos
  • Mimus polyglottos
  • U S A — Georgia: brown thrasher,  Toxostoma rufum
  • Toxostoma rufum
  • U S A — Hawaii: Hawaiin goose, Nene,  Branta sandvicensis
  • Branta sandvicensis
  • U S A — Idaho: mountain bluebird,  Sialia currucoides
  • Sialia currucoides
  • U S A — Illinois: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
     
  • U S A — Indiana: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • U S A — Iowa: American goldfinch,  Carduelis tristis
  • Carduelis tristis
  • U S A — Kansas: weatern meadowlark,  Sturnella neglecta
  • Sturnella neglecta
  • U S A — Kentucky: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • U S A — Louisiana: brown pelican,  Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Pelecanus occidentalis
  • U S A — Maine: black-capped chickadee,  Poecile atricapilla
  • Poecile atricapilla
  • U S A — Maryland: baltimore oriole,  Icterus galbula
  • Icterus galbula
  • U S A — Massachusetts: black-capped chickadee,  Poecile atricapilla
  • Poecile atricapilla
  • U S A — Michigan: American robin,  Turdus migratorius
  • Turdus migratorius
  • U S A — Minnesota: common loon,  Gavia immer
  • Gavia immer
  • U S A — Mississippi: northern mockingbird,  Mimus polyglottos
  • Mimus polyglottos
  • U S A — Missouri: eastern bluebird,  Sialia sialis
  • Sialia sialis
  • U S A — Montana: weatern meadowlark,  Sturnella neglecta
  • Sturnella neglecta
  • U S A — Nebraska: weatern meadowlark,  Sturnella neglecta
  • Sturnella neglecta
  • U S A — Nevada: mountain bluebird,  Sialia currucoides
  • Sialia currucoides
  • U S A — New Hampshire: purple finch,  Carpodacus purpureus
  • Carpodacus purpureus
  • U S A — New Jersey: American goldfinch,  Carduelis tristis
  • Carduelis tristis
  • U S A — New Mexico: great roadrunner,  Geococcyx californianus
  • Geococcyx californianus
  • U S A — New York: eastern bluebird,  Sialia sialis
  • Sialia sialis
  • U S A — North Carolina: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • U S A — North Dakota: weatern meadowlark,  Sturnella neglecta
  • Sturnella neglecta
  • U S A — Ohio: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • U S A — Oklahoma:
    scissor-tailed flycatcher,  Muscivora forficata
  • Muscivora forficata
  • U S A — Oregon: weatern meadowlark,  Sturnella neglecta
  • Sturnella neglecta
  • U S A — Pennsylvania: ruffed grouse,  Bonasa umbellus
  • Bonasa umbellus
  • U S A — Rhode Island: Rhode Island red chicken, Gallus gallus
  • U S A — South Carolina: carolina wren,  Thryothorus ludovicianus
  • Thryothorus ludovicianus
  • U S A — South Dakota: ring-necked pheasant,  Phasianus colchicus
  • Phasianus colchicus
  • U S A — Tennessee: northern mockingbird,  Mimus polyglottos
  • Mimus polyglottos
  • U S A — Texas: northern mockingbird,  Mimus polyglottos
  • Mimus polyglottos
  • U S A — Utah: california gull,  Larus californicus
  • Larus californicus
  • U S A — Vermont: hermit thrush,  Catharus guttatus
  • Catharus guttatus
  • U S A — Virginia: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • U S A — Washington: American goldfinch,  Carduelis tristis
  • Carduelis tristis
  • U S A — West Virginia: northern cardinal,  Cardinalis cardinalis
  • Cardinalis cardinalis
  • U S A — Wisconsin: American robin,  Turdus migratorius
  • Turdus migratorius
  • U S A — Wyoming: weatern meadowlark,  Sturnella neglecta
  • Sturnella neglecta
  • U.S. Virgin Islands: bananaquit,Coereba flaveola

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  • Uruguay: rufous hornero, Furnarius rufus

  • Venezuela: troupial,  Icterus icterus, "turpial"
  • Icterus icterus

  • Yemen: golden-winged grosbeak, Rhynchostruthus percivali

  • Zambia: fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
  • Zimbabwe: fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
  • Haliaeetus vocifer