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National birds
Country | Name of Bird | Scientific name | Official status | Picture | Ref. Reference Reference is derived from Middle English referren, from Middle French rèférer, from Latin referre, "to carry back", formed from the prefix re- and ferre, "to bear"... |
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Angola | Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"... |
Falco peregrinus | |||
Anguilla | Zenaida Dove Zenaida Dove The Zenaida Dove is a member of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons. It is the national bird of Anguilla, where it is commonly referred to as a Turtle Dove. It lays two white eggs on a flimsy platform built on a tree or shrub. It also nests in rock crevices and on grassy... |
Zenaida aurita | |||
Antigua and Barbuda | Magnificent Frigatebird Magnificent Frigatebird The Magnificent Frigatebird was sometimes previously known as Man O'War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds.... |
Fregata magnificens | |||
Argentina | Rufous Hornero Rufous Hornero The Rufous Hornero, Furnarius rufus, is a large ovenbird from eastern South America. Also known as the Red Ovenbird, it is a common species of second-growth scrub, pastures and agricultural land, and the species is often seen near areas of human inhabitation... |
Furnarius rufus | |||
Australia | Emu Emu The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. It is the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. There are three subspecies of Emus in Australia... |
Dromaius novaehollandiae | |||
Austria | Barn Swallow Barn Swallow The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas... |
Hirundo rustica | |||
The Bahamas | Caribbean Flamingo Caribbean Flamingo The American Flamingo is a large species of flamingo closely related to the Greater Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Greater Flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed as incorrect due to a lack of evidence... |
Phoenicopterus ruber | |||
Bahrain | White-cheeked Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucogenys | |||
Bangladesh | Oriental Magpie Robin Oriental Magpie Robin The Oriental Magpie Robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously... |
Copsychus saularis (doayle, dhayal) | |||
Belarus | White Stork White Stork The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan... |
Ciconia ciconia | |||
Belgium | Common Kestrel Common Kestrel The Common Kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, or Old World Kestrel. In Britain, where no other brown falcon occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".This species... |
Falco tinnunculus | |||
Belize | Keel-billed Toucan Keel-billed Toucan The Keel-billed Toucan , also known as Sulfur-breasted Toucan or Rainbow-billed Toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize.- Description :... |
Ramphastos sulfuratus | |||
Bermuda | Bermuda Petrel Bermuda Petrel The Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow, is a gadfly petrel. Commonly known in Bermuda as the Cahow, a name derived from its eerie cries, this nocturnal ground-nesting seabird is the national bird of Bermuda, and a symbol of hope for nature conservation. It was thought extinct for 330 years... |
Pterodroma cahow (Cahow) | |||
Bhutan | Common Raven Common Raven The Common Raven , also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids... |
Corvus corax | |||
Bolivia | Andean Condor Andean Condor The Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur... |
Vultur gryphus | |||
Botswana | Lilac-breasted Roller Lilac-breasted Roller The Lilac-breasted Roller is a member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places... , |
Coracias caudata | |||
Golden Eagle Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas... |
Aquila chrysaetos | ||||
Brazil | Rufous-bellied Thrush Rufous-bellied Thrush The Rufous-bellied Thrush is a songbird of the thrush family . It occurs in most of east and southeast Brazil from Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul states, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern regions of Argentina.... |
Turdus rufiventris | |||
British Virgin Islands | Mourning Dove Mourning Dove The Mourning Dove is a member of the dove family . The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds... |
Zenaida macroura | |||
Cambodia | Giant Ibis Giant Ibis The Giant Ibis, Thaumatibis gigantea, the only species in the monotypic genus Thaumatibis, is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae... |
Thaumatibis gigantea | |||
Cayman Islands | Grand Cayman Parrot | Amazona leucocephala caymanensis | |||
Chile | Andean Condor Andean Condor The Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur... |
Vultur gryphus | |||
Mainland China | Red-crowned Crane Red-crowned Crane The Red-crowned Crane , also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane , is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world... (Since 2004) |
Grus japonensis | |||
Colombia | Andean Condor Andean Condor The Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur... |
Vultur gryphus | |||
Costa Rica | Clay-colored Thrush Clay-colored Thrush The Clay-colored Thrush is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family . It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro. It was formerly known as the Clay-colored Robin.... |
Turdus grayi | |||
Côte d'Ivoire | White-cheeked Turaco White-cheeked Turaco The White-cheeked Turaco is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan. A mid-sized species is measures in length, including a tail of , and weighs .-References:... |
Tauraco leucotis | |||
Cuba | Cuban Trogon Cuban Trogon The Cuban Trogon or Tocororo is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Cuba, where it is also the national bird.... |
Priotelus temnurus | |||
Denmark | Mute Swan Mute Swan The Mute Swan is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less... |
Cygnus olor | |||
Dominica | Imperial Amazon | Amazona imperialis | |||
Dominican Republic | Palmchat Palmchat The Palmchat is a small, long-tailed passerine bird, the only species in the genus Dulus and the family Dulidae. It is thought to be related to the waxwings, family Bombycillidae, and is sometimes classified with that group... |
Dulus dominicus | |||
Ecuador | Andean Condor Andean Condor The Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur... |
Vultur gryphus | |||
El Salvador | Turquoise-browed Motmot Turquoise-browed Motmot The Turquoise-browed Motmot also called Torogoz by the inhabitants of El Salvador and Guardabarranco in Nicaragua; is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico , to Costa Rica, where it is common and not considered threatened... |
Eumomota superciliosa (Torogoz) | |||
Estonia | Barn Swallow Barn Swallow The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas... |
Hirundo rustica | |||
Faroe Islands | Eurasian Oystercatcher Eurasian Oystercatcher The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurasia,... |
Haematopus ostralegus | |||
Finland | Whooper Swan Whooper Swan The Whooper Swan , Cygnus cygnus, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. An old name for the Whooper Swan is Elk; it is so called in Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676.-Description:The Whooper Swan is similar in... |
Cygnus cygnus | |||
Early Modern France | Gallic Rooster Gallic rooster The Gallic rooster is an unofficial national symbol of France as a nation .-France:... |
Gallus gallus | |||
Germany | White-tailed Eagle White-tailed Eagle The White-tailed Eagle , also known as the Sea Eagle, Erne , or White-tailed Sea-eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers... |
Haliaeetus albicilla | |||
Gibraltar | Barbary Partridge Barbary Partridge The Barbary Partridge , is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.... |
Alectoris barbara | |||
Greece | Owl Owl Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish... |
Athene noctua | |||
Grenada | Grenada Dove Grenada Dove The Grenada Dove is a medium-sized New World tropical dove. It is endemic to the island of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Originally known as the Pea Dove or Well's Dove, it is the National Bird of Grenada... |
Leptotila wellsi | |||
Guatemala | Resplendent Quetzal Resplendent Quetzal The Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, is a bird in the trogon family. It is found from southern Mexico to western Panama . It is well known for its colorful plumage. There are two subspecies, P. m. mocinno and P. m... |
Pharomachrus mocinno | |||
Guyana | Hoatzin Hoatzin The Hoatzin , also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje Pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riverine forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America... |
Opisthocomus hoazin | |||
Haiti | Hispaniolan Trogon Hispaniolan Trogon The Hispaniolan Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is the national bird of Haiti. It is found on the island of Hispaniola shared by Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and what is now heavily... |
Priotelus roseigaster | |||
Honduras | Scarlet Macaw Scarlet Macaw The Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to up to... |
Ara macao | |||
Hungary | Great Bustard Great Bustard The Great Bustard is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia... |
Otis tarda | |||
Iceland | Gyrfalcon Gyrfalcon The Gyrfalcon — Falco rusticolus — is the largest of the falcon species. The Gyrfalcon breeds on Arctic coasts and the islands of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is mainly resident there also, but some Gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season, or in winter.Individual vagrancy... |
Falco rusticolus | |||
India | Indian Peacock | Pavo cristatus | |||
Indonesia | Javan Hawk-eagle Javan Hawk-eagle The Javan Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus bartelsi is a medium-sized, approximately 61 cm long, dark brown raptor in the family Accipitridae. Its head and neck are rufous and it is heavily barred black below. It has a long black crest with a white tip. The sexes are similar... (Elang Jawa) |
Nisaetus bartelsi Javan Hawk-eagle The Javan Hawk-Eagle, Nisaetus bartelsi is a medium-sized, approximately 61 cm long, dark brown raptor in the family Accipitridae. Its head and neck are rufous and it is heavily barred black below. It has a long black crest with a white tip. The sexes are similar... |
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Iraq | Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chuckar | |||
Israel | Hoopoe Hoopoe The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes... (דוכיפת pronounced Doochifat) |
Upupa epops | |||
Republic of Ireland | Winter Wren Winter Wren The Winter Wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.It breeds in coniferous forests from British... |
Troglodytes troglodytes | |||
European Robin European Robin The European Robin , most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family , but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher... |
Erithacus rubecula | ||||
Jamaica | Doctor Bird | Trochilus polytmus | |||
Japan | Green Pheasant Green Pheasant The Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor, also known as Japanese Pheasant, is native to the Japanese Archipelago, to which it is endemic. The male is distinguished from that species by its dark green plumage on the breast and mantle. The male also has an iridescent violet neck, red bare facial... (It was declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947) |
Phasianus versicolor | |||
Jordan | Sinai Rosefinch | Carpodacus synoicus | |||
Latvia | White Wagtail White Wagtail "Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa... (baltā cielava) |
Motacilla alba | |||
Liberia | Garden Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |||
Lithuania | White Stork White Stork The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan... |
Ciconia ciconia | |||
Luxembourg | Goldcrest Goldcrest The Goldcrest, Regulus regulus, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very... |
Regulus regulus | |||
Malawi | Bar-tailed Trogon Bar-tailed Trogon The Bar-tailed Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia... |
Apaloderma vittatum | |||
Mauritius | Dodo Dodo The dodo was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about , living on fruit, and nesting on the ground.... |
Raphus cucullatus | |||
Mexico | Crested Caracara Crested Caracara The Northern Caracara, or Crested Caracara as it is properly known where it lives in the Americas, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Southern Caracara and the extinct Guadalupe Caracara as the "Crested Caracara"... |
Polyborus plancus | |||
Golden Eagle Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas... |
Aquila chrysaetos | ||||
Montserrat | Montserrat Oriole Montserrat Oriole The Montserrat Oriole, Icterus oberi, is a medium-sized black-and-yellow icterid .... |
Icterus oberi | |||
Myanmar | Burmese Peacock | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | |||
Namibia | Crimson-breasted Shrike | Laniarius atrococcineus | |||
Nepal | Himalayan Monal Himalayan Monal The Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus also known as the Impeyan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant or Danphe is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the Danfe, and the state bird of Uttarakhand.Traditionally, the... |
Lophophorus impejanus | |||
New Zealand | Kiwi Kiwi Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae.At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world... |
Apteryx mantelli | |||
Nicaragua | Turquoise-browed Motmot Turquoise-browed Motmot The Turquoise-browed Motmot also called Torogoz by the inhabitants of El Salvador and Guardabarranco in Nicaragua; is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico , to Costa Rica, where it is common and not considered threatened... (guardabarranco) |
Eumomota superciliosa | |||
Nigeria | Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | |||
Norway | White-throated Dipper White-throated Dipper The White-throated Dipper , also known as the European Dipper or just Dipper is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies, based primarily on colour differences, particularly of the pectoral band... |
Cinclus cinclus | |||
Pakistan | Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | |||
Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"... |
Falco peregrinus | ||||
Palestinian territories | Palestine Sunbird Palestine Sunbird The Palestine Sunbird or Northern Orange-tufted Sunbird is a small passerine bird of the sunbird family which is found in parts of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa... |
Cinnyris oseus | |||
Panama | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | |||
Papua New Guinea | Raggiana Bird of Paradise Raggiana Bird of Paradise The Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, also known as Count Raggi's Bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.... |
Paradisaea raggiana | |||
Paraguay | Bare-throated Bellbird Bare-throated Bellbird The Bare-throated Bellbird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.... |
Procnias nudicollis | |||
Peru | Andean Cock-of-the-rock Andean Cock-of-the-rock The Andean Cock-of-the-rock is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. The plural is Andean Cocks-of-the-rock... |
Rupicola peruvianus | |||
Philippines | Philippine Eagle Philippine Eagle The Philippine Eagle , also known as the Monkey-eating Eagle, is an eagle of the family Accipitridae that is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has brown and white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest, and generally measures in length and weighs... (Agila ng Pilipinas) |
Pithecophaga jefferyi | |||
Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican Spindalis Puerto Rican Spindalis The Puerto Rican Spindalis, Spindalis portoricensis, is a tanager endemic to the island of Puerto Rico, where it is commonly known as Reina Mora. The species is widely distributed throughout the island and is an important part of the Puerto Rican ecosystem because of its help in seed dispersal and... |
Spindalis Portoricensis | |||
Kingdom of Romania | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |||
Saint Helena | Saint Helena Plover | Charadrius sanctaehelenae | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Brown Pelican Brown Pelican The Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is in length, weighs from and has a wingspan from .-Range and habits:... |
Pelecanus occidentalis | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | St Vincent Parrot | Amazona guildingii | |||
Kingdom of Scotland | Golden Eagle Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas... |
Aquila chrysaetos | |||
Singapore | Crimson Sunbird Crimson Sunbird The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings... |
Aethopyga siparaja | |||
South Africa | Blue Crane Blue Crane The Blue Crane , also known as the Stanley Crane and the Paradise Crane, is the national bird of South Africa. It is a tall, ground-dwelling bird, but is fairly small by the standards of the crane family. It is 100–120 cm tall and weighs 4.0–6.2 kg... |
Anthropoides paradisea | |||
South Korea | Korean Magpie Korean Magpie The Korean Magpie Pica sericea, known as "ggachee" in Korean, is generally treated as an East Asian subspecies, of the European Magpie , but it may be a distinct species. It is a common symbol of the Korean identity, and has been adopted as the "official bird" of numerous South Korean cities,... |
Pica (pica) serieca | |||
African Fish Eagle African Fish Eagle The African Fish Eagle or – to distinguish it from the true fish eagles , the African Sea Eagle – is a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water occur that have an abundant food supply. As a result of its large range, it is known in many... |
Haliaeetus vocifer | ||||
Spain | Spanish Imperial Eagle Spanish Imperial Eagle The Spanish Imperial Eagle, Iberian Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle is a threatened species of eagle that only occurs in central and south-west Spain, adjacent areas of Portugal and possibly northern Morocco, although the latter is disputed... |
Aquila adalberti | |||
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Junglefowl Sri Lanka Junglefowl The Sri Lankan Junglefowl , also known during the colonial era as the Ceylon Junglefowl, is a member of the pheasant family which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird. It is closely related to the Red Junglefowl , the wild junglefowl from which the chicken was domesticated... |
Gallus lafayetii | |||
Sudan | Secretary Bird Secretary Bird The Secretarybird or Secretary Bird is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Sahara... |
Sagittarius serpentarius | |||
Swaziland | Purple-crested Turaco Purple-crested Turaco The Purple-crested Turaco is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family.It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.... |
Tauraco porphyreolophus | |||
Sweden | Common blackbird | Turdus merula | |||
Thailand | Siamese Fireback Pheasant Siamese Fireback The Siamese Fireback, Lophura diardi also known as Diard's Fireback is a medium-sized, approximately 80 cm long, pheasant. The male has a grey plumage with an extensive red facial skin, crimson legs and feet, ornamental black crest feathers, reddish brown iris and long curved blackish tail... |
Lophura diardi | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | Scarlet Ibis Scarlet Ibis The Scarlet Ibis is a species of ibis that inhabits tropical South America and also Trinidad and Tobago. It is the national bird of Trinidad and is featured on the Trinidad and Tobago coat of arms along with Tobago's national bird, the Rufous-vented Chachalaca.-Taxonomy:This species is very... |
Eudocimus ruber | |||
Cocrico Rufous-vented Chachalaca The Rufous-vented Chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called Guacharaca, and in Tobago where it is known as the Cocrico... |
Ortalis ruficauda | ||||
Turkey | Redwing Redwing The Redwing is a bird in the thrush family Turdidae, native to Europe and Asia, slightly smaller than the related Song Thrush.-Taxonomy:... |
Turdus iliacus | |||
Uganda | East African Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum gibbericeps | |||
United Kingdom | European Robin European Robin The European Robin , most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family , but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher... |
Erithacus rubecula | |||
United States | Bald Eagle Bald Eagle The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. It is the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. This sea eagle has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle... |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |||
Venezuela | Troupial Troupial The Troupial , Icterus icterus is the national bird of Venezuela and one of about 25 or so species of "New World Orioles"... |
Icterus icterus (turpial) | |||
Zambia | African Fish Eagle African Fish Eagle The African Fish Eagle or – to distinguish it from the true fish eagles , the African Sea Eagle – is a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water occur that have an abundant food supply. As a result of its large range, it is known in many... |
Haliaeetus vocifer | |||
Zimbabwe | African Fish Eagle African Fish Eagle The African Fish Eagle or – to distinguish it from the true fish eagles , the African Sea Eagle – is a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water occur that have an abundant food supply. As a result of its large range, it is known in many... |
Haliaeetus vocifer |