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On the bird's chest there is a quartered escutcheon with the symbols of the historical Romanian provinces (Wallachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia but also Dobruja). National anthem Awaken thee, Romanian!
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Romania. The avifauna of Romania included a total of 412 confirmed species as of October 2024. Of them, one has been introduced by humans, and one has been extirpated .
Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor [21] Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae [21] Dominica: Sisserou parrot (national bird) Amazona imperalis [22] El Salvador: Turquoise-browed motmot (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa [23] Estonia: Wolf (national animal) Canis lupus: Loup_gris_(Canis_lupus_) [24] Barn swallow (national ...
According to a systematic list of the Romanian vertebrate fauna, there are 732 species of vertebrates living in Romania. When grouped into classes, the largest number of these species are birds, with 382 species, followed by fish with 184. 110 of these species are mammals, 31 are reptiles, 20 are amphibians, while only four belong to the Cyclostomata class of jawless fish.
The great white pelican is the national bird of Romania. [135] The brown pelican is the national bird of three Caribbean countries— Saint Kitts and Nevis , Barbados , and Sint Maarten —and features on their coats of arms .
The coat of arms of Romania was adopted in the Romanian Parliament on 10 September 1992 as a representative coat of arms for Romania.The current coat of arms is based on the lesser coat of arms of interwar Kingdom of Romania (used between 1922 and 1947), which was designed in 1921 by the Transylvanian Hungarian heraldist József Sebestyén from Cluj, at the request of King Ferdinand I of ...
The oldest known wild golden eagle was a bird banded in Sweden which was recovered 32 years later. [4] The longest-lived known wild golden eagle in North America was 31 years and 8 months. [ 100 ] The longest-lived known captive golden eagle, a specimen in Europe, survived to 46 years of age. [ 101 ]