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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 ...
In the 1960s, in a vote publicised by The Times, the robin was adopted as the unofficial national bird of the United Kingdom. [55] In 2015, the robin was again voted Britain's national bird in a poll organised by birdwatcher David Lindo, taking 34% of the final vote. [56] Several English and Welsh sports organisations are nicknamed "the Robins".
Here, birds that are endemic to these islands, or have been observed only on these islands but not elsewhere in Europe, are labelled accordingly. The same approach is applied to birds occurring only in the Caucasus, which is commonly seen as straddling the border between Europe and Asia. The birds of Cape Verde are not
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 ...
The steppe eagle appears on the flag of Kazakhstan and is the national bird of both ... European Russia in the 1990s was estimated to hold up to 20,000 pairs ...
The bird referred to in English translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses, book 6, as lapwing [28] is probably the northern lapwing. Tereus is turned into an epops (6.674); Ovid presumably had the hoopoe in mind, whose crest indicates his royal status and whose long, sharp beak is a symbol of his violent nature.
The white wagtail is the national bird of Latvia, and has been often mentioned in Latvian folk songs. [ 3 ] The pied wagtail has occasionally been called "water wagtail"; [ 34 ] and in Ireland "willie wagtail", [ 35 ] [ 36 ] not to be confused with the Australian species Rhipidura leucophrys which bears the same common name.
The barn swallow is the national bird of Austria.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Austria.The avifauna of Austria included a total of 458 species as of July 2023 according to the Avifaunistic Commission of BirdLife Austria (Avifaunistische Kommission, AFK) with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1]