List of national birds

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The Andean condor is the national bird of Bolivia,<ref name="bolivia" /> Chile,<ref name="chile" /> Colombia<ref name="colombia" /> and Ecuador.<ref name="ecuador" />

This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Template:Em column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird. Additionally, the list includes birds that were once official but are no longer, as well as birds recognized as national symbols or for other symbolic roles.

National birds

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Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref.
Template:Flag Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Template:Yes <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:YouTube, Ariana Television, May 1, 2024</ref>
Template:Flag Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Template:Yes <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Template:Yes <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Template:Yes <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Template:Yes File:Male Frigate bird.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Template:Yes File:Flickr - Dario Sanches - JOÃO-DE-BARRO (Furnarius rufus) (5).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag "Prikichi" Brown-throated Parakeet (2017–) Eupsittula pertinax arubensis Template:Yes File:Aratinga pertinax -national park -Aruba-8.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
"Shoco" Burrowing Owl (National symbol 2012–) Athene cunicularia arubensis Template:No File:Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) (2261438123).jpg <ref name="Shoco">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae Template:No File:Emoe.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Eagle unspecified Template:No File:White-tailed-eagle.jpg <ref name="Austria">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Great egret Ardea alba Template:No File:Ardea alba -San Francisco Bay, California, USA -flying-8.jpg <ref name="Austria" />
Template:Flag American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Template:Yes File:Caribbean flamingo.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag White-eared bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis Template:Yes File:White-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis mesopotamia) Jordan.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Oriental magpie-robin (Doyel Pakhi) Copsychus saularis Template:Yes File:Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)- Male at Kolkata I IMG 3003.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag White stork Ciconia ciconia Template:No File:WhiteStorkGaulsh02.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Template:Yes File:Common Kestrel 1.jpg <ref>

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Template:Flag Keel-billed toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus Template:Yes File:Ramphastos sulfuratus -Belize Zoo-6a-2c.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow Template:No File:Bermuda Petrel From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds, crop.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common raven Corvus corax Template:Yes File:Corvus corax (NPS).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Andean condor Vultur gryphus Template:Yes File:Colca-condor-c03.jpg <ref name="bolivia">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Kori bustard Ardeotis kori Template:Yes File:Ardeotis kori Etosha.JPG <ref name="pel">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Rufous-bellied thrush Turdus rufiventris Template:Yes File:Sabiá laranjeira, crop.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Mourning dove Zenaida macroura Template:Yes File:Mourning Dove 2006.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Giant ibis Thaumatibis gigantea Template:Yes File:ThaumantibisGiganteaGronvold.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Canada jay. Selected as national bird by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society through an expert panel and Canadian Geographic magazine reader poll. The Canadian government does not recognize the designation. Perisoreus canadensis Template:No File:Perisoreus canadensis mercier2.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Grand Cayman parrot Amazona leucocephala caymanensis Template:Yes File:Amazona leucocephala -in tree-4cp.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Andean condor Vultur gryphus Template:Yes File:Condor flying over the Colca canyon in Peru.jpg <ref name="chile">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Red-crowned crane. Proposed as national bird by State Forestry Administration in 2007 (awaiting State Council approval). Grus japonensis Template:No File:Crane japan2.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Andean condor Vultur gryphus Template:Yes File:Colca-condor-c03.jpg <ref name="colombia">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Clay-colored thrush Turdus grayi Template:Yes File:Turdus-grayi-001.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Template:No File:Nachtigall (Luscinia megarhynchos)-2.jpg <ref>1 Kuna Coin Template:Webarchive. – Retrieved 31 March 2009.</ref>
Template:Flag Cuban trogon Priotelus temnurus Template:Yes File:Cubaanse Trogon.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis Template:No File:Common kingfisher.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Mute swan (1984–) Cygnus olor Template:Yes File:Swan.spreads.wings.arp.jpg <ref name="naturDK">Template:Cite web</ref>
Eurasian skylark (1960–1984) Alauda arvensis Template:No File:Skylark (Alauda arvensis) by Neil Smith.jpg <ref name="naturDK" />
Template:Flag Imperial amazon Amazona imperialis Template:Yes File:Amazona imperialis -Roseau -Dominica -aviary-6a-3c.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Palmchat Dulus dominicus Template:Yes File:Dulus dominicus.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Andean condor Vultur gryphus Template:Yes File:Colca-condor-c03.jpg <ref name="ecuador">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis Template:Yes File:Steppe Eagle Portrait.jpg <ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
Template:Flag Turquoise-browed motmot Eumomota superciliosa Template:Yes File:Guardabarranco.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Template:Yes File:Landsvale.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Purple-crested turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus Template:Yes File:Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) (32424422866).jpg <ref name="NS" />
Template:Flag Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Template:Yes File:Austernfischer01.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus Template:No File:Singschwan.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Gallic rooster Gallus gallus Template:No File:Coq-gaulois-dore (cropped).JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Template:No File:Turmfalke2Wiki.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Template:No File:Aquila chrysaetos Flickr.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Barbary partridge Alectoris barbara Template:Yes File:Alectoris barbara Tenerife.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Grenada dove Leptotila wellsi Template:Yes File:Ece310767-fig-0001-m.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Resplendent quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Template:Yes File:Quetzal01.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin Template:Yes File:Opisthocomus hoazin.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Hispaniolan trogon Priotelus roseigaster Template:Yes File:Hispaniolan Trogon (Priotelus roseigaster) (8082799519).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Scarlet macaw Ara macao Template:Yes File:Ara macao -Yucatan, Mexico-8a.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Saker falcon Falco cherrug Template:Yes File:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Template:Yes File:Falco rusticolus white cropped.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Indian peacock Pavo cristatus Template:Yes File:Pfau imponierend.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Javan hawk-eagle Nisaetus bartelsi Template:Yes File:Javan Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi) (464508083).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Template:Yes File:Nachtigall (Luscinia megarhynchos)-2.jpg <ref name="about">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus Template:No File:Northern-Lapwing-Vanellus-vanellus.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Template:Yes File:Upupa epops (Ramat Gan)002.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Italian sparrow Passer italiae Template:No File:Passer italiae in Crete.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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(Red-billed Streamertail)

Trochilus polytmus Template:Yes File:Trochilus polytmus.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Green pheasant Phasianus versicolor Template:No File:Phasianus versicolor in field.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web Declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947</ref>
Template:Flag Sinai rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus Template:Yes File:Carpodacus synoicus male(01).jpg <ref name="National Bird by Country">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Lilac-breasted roller Coracias caudatus Template:No File:Lilac Roller.jpg <ref name="Johnny Jet National Bird Kenya">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag White wagtail Motacilla alba Template:Yes File:White-Wagtail.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Garden bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Template:Yes File:Pycnonotus tricolor Bwindi NP, Uganda.jpg <ref name="National Bird by Country" />
Template:Flag White stork Ciconia ciconia Template:Yes File:Ciconia ciconia 1.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Goldcrest Regulus regulus Template:Yes File:Regulus regulus0.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros Template:Yes File:Rhinoceros Hornbill.tif <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius Template:Yes File:Monticola solitarius philippensis.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Mauritius kestrel Falco punctatus Template:Yes File:Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Template:Yes File:GoldenEagle-Nova.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Saker falcon Falco cherrug Template:Yes File:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Montserrat oriole Icterus oberi Template:Yes File:Icterus oberi.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Grey peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum Template:No File:Polyplectron bicalcaratum -Birmingham Nature Centre, England-8a.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer Template:Yes File:African fish eagle just caught fish.jpg <ref name="namibian">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Himalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus Template:Yes File:Monal I IMG 4002.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa Template:No File:Limosa limosa (Uitkerke).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag North Island brown kiwi Apteryx mantelli Template:No File:TeTuatahianui.jpg <ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
Template:Flag Turquoise-browed motmot Eumomota superciliosa Template:Yes File:Motmot1.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Black crowned crane Balearica pavonina Template:Yes File:Black crowned crane.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:NoflagNorthern Ireland Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Template:No File:Haematopus ostralegus -Scotland -nesting-8.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Korean magpie Pica serica Template:Yes File:Korean magpie in Daejeon (side profile).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag White-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus Template:Yes File:Cinclus cinclus R(ThKraft).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Chukar partridge Alectoris chukar Template:Yes File:Chukarhuhn Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2010.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shaheen falcon (Heritage bird) Falco peregrinus peregrinator Template:No File:FalcoAtricepsKeulemans.jpg <ref name="nationalsymbol">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Palau fruit dove Ptilinopus pelewensis Template:Yes File:Palau Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pelewensis photographed on Babeldaob Palau in 2013 by Devon Pike (cropped).jpg <ref>Template:Cite book, The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems.</ref>
Template:Flag Palestine sunbird Cinnyris oseus Template:Yes File:Nectarinia osea2.jpg <ref>The First Palestinian Bird Migration Festival Template:Webarchive, Palestine Wildlife Society. Retrieved 29 July 2009.</ref>
Template:Flag Harpy eagle Harpia harpyja Template:Yes File:DirkvdM big bird.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Andean cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana Template:Yes File:Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus) male Antioquia.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Raggiana bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana Template:Yes File:Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise wild 5.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Bare-throated bellbird Procnias nudicollis Template:Yes File:Procnias nudicollis.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Philippine eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi Template:Yes File:Sir Arny(Philippine Eagle).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Template:Yes File:White-tailed Eagle Head detail.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
White stork Ciconia ciconia Template:No File:Ciconia ciconia - 01.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Puerto Rican spindalis Spindalis portoricensis Template:No File:Puerto Rican Stripe-headed Tanager (male) (5403225223).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Template:Yes <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Template:No File:White pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Danube delta.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Saint Helena plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae Template:Yes File:Charadrius sanctaehelenae (1).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Template:Yes File:Pelecanus Occidentalis KW 1.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Saint Lucia amazon Amazona versicolor Template:Yes File:Amazona versicolor -St Lucia-5a.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag St Vincent parrot Amazona guildingii Template:Yes File:Amazona guildingii -Botanical Gardens -Kingstown -Saint Vincent-8a-4c.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Template:No File:GoldenEagle-Nova.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag Eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca Template:Yes File:Eastern Imperial Eagle cr.jpg <ref name="Minahan2009">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Serbian eagle">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Seychelles black parrot Coracopsis barklyi Template:Yes File:Black parrot Seychelles.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Template:No File:Crimson sunbird.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Blue crane Grus paradisea Template:Yes File:Paradieskranich Anthropoides paradisea Tiergarten-Nuernberg-1.jpg <ref name="NS">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Korean magpie Pica serica Template:No File:Korean magpie in Daejeon (side profile).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Sri Lanka junglefowl Gallus lafayetii Template:Yes File:Thimindu 2009 09 04 Yala Sri Lanka Junglefowl 1.JPG <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Common blackbird Turdus merula Template:No File:Turdus merula -garden wall-8.jpg <ref name="BirdLife">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Siamese fireback Lophura diardi Template:Yes File:Lophura diardi -Florida, USA -captive-8a.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Taiwan blue magpie Urocissa caerulea Template:No File:Толстоклювая лазоревая сорока.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Scarlet ibis (Trinidad) Eudocimus ruber Template:Yes File:Eudocimus ruber (portrait).jpg <ref name="T&T gov">Template:Cite web</ref>
Cocrico (Tobago) Ortalis ruficauda Template:Yes File:Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) (4090120788).jpg <ref name="T&T gov" />
Template:Flag East African crowned crane Balearica regulorum gibbericeps Template:Yes File:Crested Crane, Bunyonyi, Uganda.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag White stork Ciconia ciconia Template:No File:Ringed white stork.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Saker falcon Falco cherrug Template:Yes File:Falco cherrug (Marek Szczepanek).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag European robin Erithacus rubecula Template:No File:Erithacus rubecula with cocked head.jpg <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Template:Yes File:Bald eagle closeup 16x9.jpg <ref>Davis, Jack E. "You probably think this is our national bird. Think again," The Washington Post, June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Southern lapwing Vanellus chilensis Template:No File:Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) (9610083658).jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Venezuelan troupial Icterus icterus Template:Yes File:Common Troupial - Nashville Zoo.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag Red kite Milvus milvus Template:No File:Red Kite, Spain.jpg <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer Template:Yes File:African fish eagle just caught fish.jpg <ref name="NS" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer Template:Yes File:Hvidhovedet afrikansk ørn2.png <ref name="NS" />

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References

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