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North America
[edit]{{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
!align=left|Country
!align=left|Mammal
!align=left|Bird
!align=left|Other
!align=left|Picture
|-
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Bahamas || Orca ||
|-
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Belize || Baird's Tapir ||
|-
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Canada || Beaver ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Dominican Republic || Palmchat ||
|-
|Ashy-faced Owl ||
|-
|Hispaniolan Amazon ||
|-
|
El Salvador || Turquoise-browed Motmot ||
|-
|
Grenada || Ostrich||
|-
|
Guatemala || Quetzal ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Guyana || Canje Pheasant||
|-
|Jaguar ||
|-
|
Honduras || White-tailed Deer||
|-
|rowspan="7"|
Mexico || Golden eagle (national bird/icon) ||
|-
|Xoloitzcuintli (national animal) ||
|-
|Grasshopper (national arthropod) ||
|-
|Chihuahua (national dog) ||
|-
|Jaguar (national mammal) ||
|-
|Vaquita (national marine mammal) ||
|-
|Green turtle (national reptile) ||
|-
|
Nicaragua || Turquoise-browed Motmot||
|-
|
Panama || Harpy Eagle ||
|-
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis || Vervet Monkey ||
|-
|American Bison ||
|| Bald Eagle || Haliaeetus leucocephalus ||
|| [1]
|-
}}
South America
[edit]| Country | Mammal | Bird | Other | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macaw | ||||
| Jaguar | ||||
| Rufous-bellied Thrush | ||||
| Llama | ||||
| Andean Condor | ||||
| Troupial | Icterus icterus (turpial) |
Europe
[edit]| Country | National animal | Pictures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | |||||
| Lion | |||||
| Eagle | |||||
| Dragon | |||||
| Dragon | |||||
| Eagle | |||||
| Dragon | |||||
| Wisent | |||||
| White Stork | |||||
| Barn Swallow | |||||
| Brown Bear (national animal) | |||||
| Whooper Swan (national bird) | |||||
| Perch (national fish) | |||||
| Gallic rooster | |||||
| Deer (unofficial) | |||||
| Black Eagle | |||||
| Barbary Macaque | |||||
| Dolphin | |||||
| Phoenix | |||||
| Atlantic Swordfish | |||||
| Lion | |||||
| Aurochs | |||||
| Blue Rock Thrush | |||||
| Kelb tal-Fenek (the Pharaoh Hound) | |||||
| Lion (in Macedonian heraldry)[3] | |||||
| Sarplaninec | |||||
| Lynx[4] | |||||
| Ohrid trout | |||||
| Magpie | |||||
| Lion | |||||
| Elk (Called "Moose" in the Americas) | |||||
| Goldhorn | |||||
| Carniolan honey bee | |||||
| Lipizzaner | |||||
| Olm | |||||
| Lion | European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | [5] |
Asia
[edit]Africa
[edit]| Country | National animal | Pictures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fennec Fox | Zebra | |||||
| Steppe Eagle | ||||||
| Abyssinian Lion (also known as the Lion of Judah) | ||||||
| Elephant | ||||||
| Gorilla | ||||||
| Bar-tailed Trogon | ||||||
| Thomson's Gazelle | ||||||
| Dodo |
||||||
| Oryx | ||||||
| Eagle | ||||||
| Leopard | ||||||
| Secretary Bird | ||||||
| Springbok | ||||||
| Hippopotamus | ||||||
| East African Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum gibbericeps | |||||
| Fish Eagle | ||||||
| Sable Antelope | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | [7] |
Oceania
[edit]| Country | National animal | Pictures |
|---|---|---|
| Kangaroo | ||
| Emu | ||
| Rainbow Lorikeet | ||
| Kiwi | ||
| Sheep | ||
| Tuatara | ||
| Kagu | ||
| Great Frigatebird |
That other list
[edit]A
[edit]|
Antigua and Barbuda || Blue Whale ||
|-
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Angola || Magnificent Frigatebird ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Argentina || Cougar ||
|-
|Hornero ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Australia || Kangaroo||
|-
|Emu||
|-
|Koala||
|-
|
Austria || Black Eagle ||
|-
B
[edit]|rowspan="2"|
Bahamas || Blue Marlin ||
|-
|Flamingo ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
Bangladesh || Royal Bengal Tiger (national animal) ||
|-
|Oriental Magpie Robin (national bird) ||
|-
|Hilsa (national fish) ||
|-
| Ganges River Dolphin (national mammal) ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Belarus || Wisent ||
|-
|White Stork ||
|-
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Belgium || Lion||
|-
|
Bermuda || Humpback Whale ||
|-
|
Belize || Baird's Tapir ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Bhutan || Druk ||
|-
|Takin ||
|-
|
Bolivia || Llama ||
|-
|
Botswana || Zebra ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Brazil || Macaw ||
|-
|Jaguar ||
|-
|Rufous-bellied Thrush ||
|-
|
Bulgaria || Lion ||
|-
C
[edit]|
Cambodia || Kouprey[9] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Canada || Beaver[10] ||
|-
|Canadian Horse[10] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Chile || Andean Condor ||
|-
|Huemul ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
China || Chinese Dragon ||
|-
|Crane, more specifically the Red-crowned Crane ||
|-
|Golden Pheasant (unofficial) ||
|-
|Giant Panda ||
|-
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Colombia || Condor ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Costa Rica || Clay-colored Thrush ||
|-
|White-tailed Deer ||
|-
|
Congo (DRC) || Okapi ||
|-
|
Croatia || Dalmatian ||
|-
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Cuba || Cuban Crocodile ||
|-
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Cyprus || Cypriot Mouflon[11] ||
|-
D
[edit]|
Denmark || Mute Swan ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Dominican Republic || Palmchat ||
|-
|Ashy-faced Owl ||
|-
|Hispaniolan Amazon ||
|-
|
East Timor || Crocodile ||
|-
E
[edit]|
Ecuador || Andean Condor ||
|-
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Eritrea || Camel ||
|-
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El Salvador || Turquoise-browed Motmot ||
|-
|
Estonia || Barn Swallow||
|-
|
Ethiopia || Abyssinian Lion (also known as the Lion of Judah)||
|-
F
[edit]|rowspan="3"|
Finland || Brown Bear (national animal) ||
|-
|Whooper Swan (national bird) ||
|-
|European perch (national fish) ||
|-
|
France || Gallic Rooster||
|-
G
[edit]|
Gambia || Hyena ||
|-
|
Germany || Black Eagle||
|-
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Gibraltar || Barbary Macaque||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Greece || Dolphin||
|-
|Phoenix ||
|-
|
Grenada || Grenada Dove||
|-
|
Guatemala || Quetzal ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Guyana || Canje Pheasant||
|-
|Jaguar ||
|-
|
Haiti || Hispaniolan Trogon ||
|-
|
Honduras || White-tailed Deer||
|-
|
Hungary || Turul||
|-
I
[edit]|
Iceland || Falcon||
|-
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Ichkeria || Chechen wolf ||
|-
|rowspan="5"|
India || Bengal Tiger (national animal)[12] ||
|-
|Peacock (national bird) ||
|-
| King Cobra (national reptile) ||
|-
| Hanuman Langur (national icon) ||
|-
| Dolphin (national marine animal) ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
Indonesia || Komodo Dragon (national animal) ||
|-
| Asian arowana (national fish) ||
|-
| Javan Hawk-eagle (national bird) ||
|-
| Garuda (national symbol) ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Ireland || Stag (Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)) ||
|-
| Lapwing (national bird) ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Iran || Asiatic Cheetah ||
|-
|Persian Leopard ||
|-
|Persian fallow deer ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Israel || Israeli Gazelle (national animal) ||
|-
| Hoopoe (national bird) ||
|-
|
Italy || Italian Wolf||
|-
|
Ivory Coast || African Elephant||
|-
J
[edit]|
Jamaica || Green-and-black Streamertail||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
Japan || Green Pheasant ||
|-
|Koi ||
|-
|Raccoon Dog ||
|-
|Red-crowned Crane ||
|-
|
Jordan || Oryx ||
|-
K
[edit]|rowspan="2"|
Kenya || Cheetah ||
|-
|African Elephant ||
|-
|
Kiribati || Magnificent Frigatebird ||
|-
|
North Korea || Chollima||
|-
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South Korea || Tiger||
|-
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Kuwait || Camel ||
|-
L
[edit]|
Laos || Indian Elephant ||
|-
|
Latvia || White Wagtail ||
|-
|
Lesotho || Black Rhinoceros ||
|-
|
Lebanon || Striped Hyena ||
|-
|
Liberia || Lion ||
|-
|
Lithuania || Wolf ||
|-
|
Luxembourg || Lion ||
|-
M
[edit]|rowspan="2"|
Malawi || Bar-tailed Trogon||
|-
|Thomson's Gazelle ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Malta || Blue Rock Thrush ||
|-
|Kelb tal-Fenek (the Pharaoh Hound)||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
North Macedonia || Lion (in Macedonian heraldry)[13] ||
|-
|Šarplaninec ||
|-
| Lynx[14] ||
|-
| Ohrid Trout ||
|-
|
Madagascar || Ring Tailed Lemur
||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Malaysia || Malayan Tiger (national animal) ||
|-
| Rhinoceros Hornbill (national bird) ||
|-
|
Maldives || Yellow-fin Tuna ||
|-
|
Mauritius || Dodo
||
|-
|rowspan="7"|
Mexico || Golden Eagle (national bird/icon) ||
|-
|Xoloitzcuintli (national animal) ||
|-
|Grasshopper (national arthropod) ||
|-
|Chihuahua (national dog) ||
|-
|Jaguar (national mammal) ||
|-
|Vaquita (national marine mammal) ||
|-
|Green turtle (national reptile) ||
|-
|
Moldova || Aurochs||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Monaco || European Hedgehog ||
|-
| European Rabbit ||
|-
|Wood Mouse ||
|-
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Morocco || Barbary lion ||
|-
|
Myanmar || Tiger ||
|-
N
[edit]|
Namibia || Oryx||
|-
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Nauru || Great Frigatebird||
|-
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Nepal || Cow||
|-
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Netherlands || Lion||
|-
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New Caledonia || Kagu ||
|-
|rowspan="1"|
New Zealand || Kiwi[15]||
|-
|
Nigeria || Eagle||
|-
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Nicaragua || Turquoise-browed Motmot||
|-
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Norway || Elk (Called "Moose" in the Americas) ||
|-
P
[edit]|rowspan="8"|
Pakistan || Markhor (national animal) ||
|-
|Chukar (national bird) ||
|-
|Peregrine falcon (state bird) ||
|-
|Snow Leopard (state animal) ||
|-
|Indus River Dolphin (national marine mammal) ||
|-
|Mugger Crocodile (national reptile) ||
|-
|Mahasher (national fish) ||
|-
|Bufo stomaticus (national amphibian) ||
|-
|
Panama || Harpy Eagle ||
|-
|
Papua New Guinea || Birds of Paradise ||
|-
|
Paraguay || Pampas Fox ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Peru || Vicuña (national animal) ||
|-
|Andean cock-of-the-rock (national bird) ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Philippines || Carabao (national animal)||
|-
|Philippine Eagle (national bird) ||
|-
|Bangus (national fish) ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Poland || White Eagle/White-tailed Eagle||
|-
|Wisent ||
|-
|White Stork ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Portugal || Barcelos Cock||
|-
|Iberian Wolf ||
|-
QR
[edit]|
Qatar || Oryx||
|-
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Romania || Lynx||
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Russia || Russian Bear ||
|-
|Eagle ||
|-
|
Rwanda || African Leopard ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
Saudi Arabia || Arabian horse||
|-
| Arabian Wolf||
|-
| Arabian Red Fox||
|-
| Camel ||
|-
S
[edit]|rowspan="3"|
Serbia || White Eagle||
|-
| Falcon||
|-
| Wolf ||
|-
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || St Vincent Parrot ||
|-
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Seychelles || Striped Dolphin ||
|-
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis || Vervet Monkey ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Singapore || Merlion ||
|-
|Crimson Sunbird||
|-
|Peacock bass ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|
Slovenia || Lipizzaner ||
|-
|Proteus ||
|-
|Lynx ||
|-
|Alpine Ibex ||
|-
|
Somalia || Leopard||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
South Africa || Springbok ||
|-
|African Elephant ||
|-
|Blue Crane ||
|-
|
Spain || Bull||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Sri Lanka|| |Lion (national mammal) ||
|-
|Jungle Fowl (national bird) ||
|-
|Troides darsius (national butterfly) ||
|-
|
Eswatini || Thomson's Gazelle ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|
Sweden || Lion||
|-
|Elk||
|-
|Dalecarlian horse||
|-
T
[edit]|rowspan="2"|
Taiwan || Formosan Black Bear ||
|-
|Formosan Blue Magpie ||
|-
|
Thailand || Thai Elephant||
|-
|
Togo || Hippopotamus ||
|-
|
Turkey || Grey Wolf ||
|-
|Rowspan="2"|
Trinidad and Tobago || Scarlet Ibis ||
|-
|Rufous-vented Chachalaca ||
|-
U
[edit]|
Uganda || Grey Crowned Crane ||
|-
|
United Arab Emirates || Peregrine Falcon ||
|-
|Rowspan="8"|
United Kingdom || Lion (England) ||
|-
|European Robin ||
|-
|Red Deer ||
|-
|Mute Swan ||
|-
|Red Fox ||
|-
|Rowspan="2"|
United States || Bald Eagle ||
|-
|American Bison ||
|-
V
[edit]|Rowspan="3"|
Vietnam || |Tiger ||
|-
|Water Buffalo ||
|-
|Dragon ||
|-
|
Venezuela || Turpial ||
|-
Z
[edit]|
Zambia || African Fish Eagle ||
|-
|
Zimbabwe || Sable Antelope||
|}
Sub-national
[edit]See also
[edit]This is a list of national birds, most official, but some unofficial.
National birds
[edit]A
[edit]|-
|
Angola || Peregrine Falcon ||Falco peregrinus || ||
Cite error: A
<ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
|-
|
India || Indian Peacock ||Pavo cristatus ||
||
[16]
|-
|
Indonesia || Javan Hawk-eagle (Elang Jawa) || Nisaetus bartelsi ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Israel || Hoopoe (דוכיפת pronounced Doochifat) ||Upupa epops ||
||
[17]
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Ireland || Winter Wren (unofficial)|| Troglodytes troglodytes||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|European Robin (unofficial) ||Erithacus rubecula||
|| [citation needed]
|-
J
[edit]|
Japan || Green Pheasant
(It was declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947)|| Phasianus versicolor ||
||
[18]
|-
L
[edit]|
Latvia || White Wagtail (baltā cielava) ||Motacilla alba ||
||[19]
|-
|
Liberia || Garden Bulbul || Pycnonotus barbatus||
||[citation needed]
|-
|
Lithuania || White Stork || Ciconia ciconia||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Luxembourg || Goldcrest || Regulus regulus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
M
[edit]|
Malawi || Bar-tailed Trogon || Apaloderma vittatum ||
||[citation needed]
|-
|
Mauritius || Dodo ||Raphus cucullatus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|rowspan="2"|
Mexico || Crested Caracara || Polyborus plancus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|| Golden Eagle || Aquila chrysaetos ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Montserrat || Montserrat Oriole || Icterus oberi ||
||
[20]
|-
|
Myanmar || Grey Peacock-pheasant || Polyplectron bicalcaratum |||| [citation needed]
|-
N
[edit]|
Namibia || Crimson-breasted Shrike || Laniarius atrococcineus ||
||[7]
|-
|
Nepal || Himalayan Monal || Lophophorus impejanus ||
||
[21]
|-
|
New Zealand || Kiwi (unofficial)|| Apteryx mantelli ||
||
[22]
|-
|
Nicaragua || Turquoise-browed Motmot (guardabarranco) || Eumomota superciliosa||
|| [23]
|-
|
Nigeria || Black Crowned-Crane || Balearica pavonina||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Norway || White-throated Dipper || Cinclus cinclus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
P
[edit]|
Pakistan || Chukar Partridge || Alectoris chukar ||
||
[24]
|-
|
Palestinian territories || Palestine Sunbird (Proposed, as Palestine is not currently a nation) || Cinnyris oseus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Panama || Harpy Eagle || Harpia harpyja||
||
[25]
|-
|
Papua New Guinea || Raggiana Bird of Paradise || Paradisaea raggiana ||
||[26]
|-
|
Paraguay || Bare-throated Bellbird || Procnias nudicollis||
||
[27]
|-
|
Peru || Andean Cock-of-the-rock || Rupicola peruvianus||
||
[28]
|-
|
Philippines || Philippine Eagle (Agila ng Pilipinas) || Pithecophaga jefferyi||
|| [29]
|-
|
Puerto Rico || Puerto Rican Spindalis || Spindalis Portoricensis |||| [30]
|-
R
[edit]|
Romania || Great White Pelican || Pelecanus onocrotalus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
S
[edit]|
Saint Kitts and Nevis || Brown Pelican || Pelecanus occidentalis || ||
[31]
|-
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || St Vincent Parrot || Amazona guildingii ||
||
[32]
|-
|
Singapore || Crimson Sunbird (unofficial) ||Aethopyga siparaja ||
|| [33]
|-
|
South Africa || Blue Crane ||Anthropoides paradisea ||
||[7]
[34]
|-
|
South Korea || Black-billed Magpie ||Pica hudsonia ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Spain || Short-toed Eagle (unofficial) ||Circaetus gallicus ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
|
Sri Lanka || Sri Lanka Junglefowl ||Gallus lafayetii || || [35]
|-
|
Swaziland || Purple-crested Turaco ||Tauraco porphyreolophus ||
||[7]
|-
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Sweden ||Common blackbird || Turdus merula ||
|| [citation needed]
|-
T
[edit]|
Thailand || Siamese Fireback pheasant || Lophura diardi ||
||[citation needed]
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