List of National Animals and Birds of different Countries
Hello and welcome in this Short post.In this post I have created a table of which is consist of three columns that is the first one is the country name and the second one is the Name of the animals and the third one would be the scientific name of all the animals which are included in this list for the ease of the students and teachers .We have added in this list the name of both national animals and birds for only some of the countries, some of the countries only have the name of their National Animals only .So the following is the list :
List of National Animals and Birds of different Countries
Country | Name of animal | Scientific name |
Afghanistan | Snow leopard | Panthera uncia |
Albania | Golden eagle (primary national symbol) | Aquila chrysaetos |
Algeria | Fennec fox | Vulpes zerda |
Angola | Red-crested turaco (national bird) | Tauraco erythrolophus |
Anguilla | Zenaida dove | Zenaida aurita |
Antigua and Barbuda | Fallow deer (national animal) | Dama dama |
Antigua and Barbuda | Frigate (national bird) | Fregata magnificens |
Antigua and Barbuda | Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) | Eretmochelys imbricata |
Argentina | Rufous hornero | Furnarius rufus |
Australia | Red kangaroo (national animal) | Macropus rufus |
Australia | Emu (national bird) | Dromaius novaehollandiae |
Azerbaijan | Karabakh horse | Equus ferus caballus |
Bangladesh | Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris tigris |
Bangladesh | Magpie robin (national bird) | Copsychus saularis |
Bangladesh | Ilish (national fish) | Tenualosa ilisha |
Belarus | European bison | Bison bonasus |
Belgium | Lion | Leo Belgicus |
Belize | Baird’s tapir | Tapirus bairdii |
Bhutan | Druk | Mythical |
Bhutan | Takin | Budorcas taxicolor |
Brazil | Macaw | Ara macao/Ara ararauna/Ara militaris |
Cambodia | Kouprey | Bos sauveli |
Canada | North American beaver | Castor canadensis |
Canada | Canadian horse | Equus ferus caballus |
Colombia | Andean condor | Vultur gryphus |
Costa Rica | Yigüirro (National Bird) | Turdus grayi |
Costa Rica | White-Tailed Deer (National Animal) | Odocoileus virginianus |
Costa Rica | West Indian manatee (National Aquatic Animal) | Trichechus manatus |
Croatia | Pine marten | Martes martes |
Cuba | Cuban trogon | Priotelus temnurus |
Cyprus | Cypriot mouflon | Ovis orientalis |
Czech Republic | Double-tailed lion | Mythical |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Okapi | Okapia johnstoni |
Denmark | Mute swan (national bird) | Cygnus olor |
Denmark | Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) | Aglais urticae |
Egypt | Steppe eagle | Aquila nipalensis |
Ethiopia | Lion | Panthera leo |
Faroe Islands | Eurasian oystercatcher (national bird) | Haematopus ostralgus |
Finland | Brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos |
Finland | Whooper swan (national bird) | Cygnus cygnus |
France | Gallic rooster | Gallus gallus domesticus |
Greece | Phoenix | Mythical |
Guatemala | Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno |
Honduras | White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus |
Hungary | Turul | Mythical (most probably Falco cherrug) [42] |
Iceland | Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
India | Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris tigris |
India | Indian peafowl (national bird) | Pavo cristatus |
India | King cobra (national reptile) | Ophiophagus hannah |
India | Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) | Platanista gangetica |
India | Indian elephant (national heritage animal) | Elephas maximus indicus |
Indonesia | Komodo dragon (national animal) | Varanus komodoensis |
Indonesia | Garuda (historic national animal) | Mythical |
Iran | Mugger crocodile | Crocodylus palustris |
Iraq | Golden eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
Iraq | Goat | Capra aegagrus |
Israel | ( KRG) | Upupa epops |
Jamaica | Hoopoe (national bird) | Trochilus polytmus |
Japan | Red-billed streamertail | Phasianus versicolor |
Japan | Green pheasant (national bird) | Cyprinus carpio |
Lithuania | Carp (national fish) | Ciconia ciconia |
Macedonia | White stork | Panthera leo |
Malaysia | Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) | Panthera tigris jacksoni |
Mauritius | Malayan tiger (national animal) | Raphus cucullatus |
Mexico | Dodo | Aquila chrysaetos |
Mexico | Golden eagle (national animal/national bird) | Canis lupus familiaris |
Mexico | Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) | |
Mexico | Grasshopper (national arthropod) | Panthera onca |
Mexico | Jaguar (national mammal) | Phocoena sinus |
Moldova | Vaquita (national marine mammal) | Bos primigenius |
Nepal | Aurochs (national animal) | Bos taurus indicus |
Nepal | Zebu (national animal) | Lophophorus impejanus |
Netherlands | Danphe (national bird) | Panthera leo |
New Zealand | Lion (heraldic symbol) | Apteryx sp. |
North Korea | Kiwi | Mythical |
Norway | Chollima | Panthera leo |
Norway | Lion (royal animal) | Cinclus cinclus |
Norway | White-throated dipper (national bird) | Equus ferus caballus |
Oman | Fjord horse (national horse) | Oryx leucoryx |
Pakistan | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Capra falconeri |
Pakistan | Markhor (national animal) | Alectoris chukar |
Pakistan | Chukor (national bird) | Panthera uncia |
Panama | Snow leopard (national heritage animal) | Harpia harpyja |
Papua New Guinea | Harpy eagle | Dugong dugon |
Peru | Dugong (national marine mammal) | Vicugna vicugna |
Philippines | Vicuña (national animal) | Bubalus bubalis |
Philippines | Carabao (national animal) | Pithecophaga jefferyi |
Qatar | Philippine eagle (national bird) | Oryx leucoryx |
Romania | Arabian oryx | Lynx lynx |
Rwanda | Lynx | Panthera pardus |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Leopard | Amazona guildingii |
Serbia | St Vincent parrot | Canis lupus lupus |
Serbia | Wolf | Falco biarmicus |
Serbia | Lanner falcon | Lynx lynx |
Somalia | Lynx | Panthera pardus |
South Africa | Leopard (national animal) | Antidorcas marsupialis |
South Africa | Springbok (national animal) | Anthropoides paradiseus |
South Africa | Blue crane (national bird)[89] | Dichistius capensis |
Spain | Galjoen (national fish)[89] | Bos taurus |
Sri Lanka | Bull | Gallus lafayettii |
Tanzania | Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) | Giraffa camelopardalis |
Thailand | Giraffe | Elephas maximus |
Turkey | Elephant | Canis lupus lupus |
United Arab Emirates | Grey wolf | |
United Arab Emirates | Oryx leucoryx | |
United Arab Emirates | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Falco peregrinus |
United Kingdom | Peregrine falcon (national bird) | |
United Kingdom | Canis lupus familiaris | |
United Kingdom | Bulldog (Britain as “British Bulldog” andEngland as “English Bulldog”) | Panthera leo leo |
United Kingdom | Barbary lion (England) | Cygnus olor |
United Kingdom | Mute swan (English, Celtic and Irish traditions) | Milvus milvus |
United Kingdom | Red kite (Wales) | Mythical |
United Kingdom | Unicorn (Scotland, Queen’s Beast) | Mythical |
United States | Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales andQueen’s Beast) | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |