Birds: National Birds

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Chukar Partridge

The chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family.This partridge has its native range in Asia, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, along the inner ranges of the Western Himalayas to Nepal. The Chukar Partridge is the national bird of Pakistan.

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Tooth-billed pigeon

The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as the manumea, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa.

National Bird of Samoa

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Hoopoe

The Hoopoe (Upupa epops) is found in much of Europe, Asia and North Africa. Hoopoe is partially migratory while the southern populations are sedentary. The European population moves in August to October to wintering areas in Africa, and will return in April to May.
Hoopoe nests in tree holes, among blocks of stone, often stone walls.
Hoopoe feeds on large insects and small lizards, and likes to pick in droppings for food.
The Hoopoe is Israel's national bird.

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Common Kestrel

The Kestrel is Belgium's National Bird.

The Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey. This falcon is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Scarlet macaw

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America.

Scarlet macaw

Honduras' national bird

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Red-crowned crane

The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese crane, is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world.

Red-crowned crane

National bird of China.

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Whooper Swan

Finland's national bird.

The Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus ) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan.

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Andean Condor

The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is found in South America in the Andes, including the Santa Marta Mountains.

Andean Condor

Colombia's, Chile's and Ecuador's National Bird

Chile's national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

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Northern Mockingbird

Florida's State Bird

The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) breeds in southeastern Canada, the United States, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the Greater Antilles.
The bird is the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

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Crested caracara

Crested caracara (Caracara cheriway) is a resident in Cuba, northern South America (south to northern Peru and northern Amazonian Brazil) and most of Central America and Mexico, just reaching the southernmost parts of the United States, including Florida, where it is resident but listed as threatened.

Crested caracara

Mexico's national bird

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Turquoise-browed motmot

The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico, to Costa Rica.

Turquoise-browed motmot

National bird of El Salvador

El Salvador's national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

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Secretarybird

National bird of Sudan.

Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is found in Africa from the region directly south of the Sahara to South Africa. Most individuals are living in the savanna.

Rhinoceros hornbill

The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) is found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and southern Thailand.

Rhinoceros hornbill

Scarlet ibis

Trinidad and Tobago's national bird.

The scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) inhabits tropical South America and islands of the Caribbean.

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Crimson sunbird

Singapore's national bird.

The crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India to Indonesia.

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Palestine sunbird

Palstine's National Bird

The Palestine sunbird or northern orange-tufted sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is found in parts of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Shaheen falcon

National Bird of Pakistan

The shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon found mainly in the Indian subcontinent

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Red-billed streamertail

Jamaica's National Bird

The red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus), also known as the doctor bird, scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird, is indigenous to Jamaica, where it is the most abundant and widespread member of the hummingbird family.

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Javan hawk-eagle

National Bird of Indonesia.

The Javan hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi) occurs in humid tropical forests of Java.

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Indian Peafowl

The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world.

Indian Peafowl

India's National Bird

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