List of national birds Totally Explained

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This is a list of national birds, most official, but some unofficial:

Angola - Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus (External Link)
Anguilla - Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita (Locally known as Turtle Dove)
Antigua and Barbuda - Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens (External Link)
Argentina - Rufous Hornero, Furnarius rufus (External Link)
Australia - Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae (unofficial (External Link))
Austria - Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
Bahamas - Caribbean Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber (External Link)
Bahrain - White-cheeked Bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogenys
Bangladesh - Oriental Magpie Robin, Copsychus saularis (doayle, dhayal) (External Link)
Belarus - Black Stork, Ciconia nigra
Belgium - Common Kestrel, Falco tinninculus
Belize - Keel-billed Toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus (External Link)
Bhutan - Common Raven Corvus corax (External Link)
Bolivia - Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus
Botswana - Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata or Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis (External Link)
Brazil - Rufous-bellied Thrush, Turdus rufiventris (sabiá-laranjeira) (External Link)
Chile - Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus
China - as yet undetermined, suggestions include Blue-eared Pheasant and Red-crowned Crane (External Link)
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 - Turquoise-browed Motmot, Eumomota superciliosa (Torogoz) (External Link)
Estonia - Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica (External Link)
Fiji - Collared Lory, Phigys solitarius (kula)
Finland - Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
France - cock, Gallus gallus
The Gambia - as yet undetermined, suggestions include Blue-bellied Roller and Spur-winged Goose (External Link)
Georgia - Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
Germany - Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
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 - (unofficially the symbol of the Magyar nation: Turul or Saker Falcon.)
Iceland - Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
Republic of India - blue Indian Peacock male, Pavo cristatus
Indonesia - Javan Hawk Eagle, Spizaetus bartelsi
Iran - Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos, Male Peacock, Pavo cristatus (Both 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
Kazakhstan - Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
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
Malawi - Bar-tailed Trogon, Apaloderma vittatum (External Link)
Malaysia - Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
Malta - Blue Rock Thrush, Monticola solitarius
Mauritius - Dodo, Raphus cucullatus
Mexico - Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos (official stance currently doesn't specify any species)
Myanmar (Burma) - Grey Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Burmese peacock)
Namibia - Crimson-breasted Shrike, Laniarius atrococcineus (External Link)
Nepal - Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus (danphe)
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 (National bird) and Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (State military bird)
Palau - Palau Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus pelewensis
Panama - Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja (External Link)
Papua New Guinea - Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana (External Link)
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 (External Link)
South Africa - Blue Crane, Anthropoides paradisea (External Link)
Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Gallus lafayetti
Sudan - Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius
Swaziland - Purple-crested Turaco, Tauraco porphyreolophus (External Link)
Sweden - Common Blackbird, Turdus merula
Taiwan - Formosan Blue Magpie, Urocissa caerulea
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 - Turkey, 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 (External Link)
Uruguay - Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis (terutero, tero tero)
Venezuela - Troupial, Icterus icterus (turpial) (External Link)
Zambia - African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer (External Link)
Zimbabwe - African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer (External Link)

Official birds of subnational entities

Australia (see also list of Australian bird emblems)

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 - White-backed Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen telonocua (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 atricapilla
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, Nyctea scandiaca
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, Republic of

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
Hokkaidō - Red-crowned Crane, Grus japonensis
Hyōgo - Oriental White Stork, Ciconia boyciana
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
Ōita - 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

Pakistan

see Kashmir - Black-necked Crane, Grus nigricollis

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
Cornwall - Red-billed Chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (External Link)
Montserrat - Montserrat Oriole, Icterus oberi
Saint Helena - Wirebird (St. Helena Plover), Charadrius sanctaehelenae
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

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