List of official city birds
The following is an incomplete list of official city birds, organized by country.
Australia
- Canberra - laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
Bulgaria
Canada
- Andrew, Alberta - mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
- Barrhead, Alberta - great blue heron, Ardea herodias[2]
- Brooks, Alberta - ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
- Burlington, Ontario - trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator[3]
- Calgary, Alberta - black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus[4]
- Camrose, Alberta - purple martin, Progne subis[5]
- Chestermere, Alberta - black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia (suggested)[6]
- Edson, Alberta - great grey owl, Strix nebulosa[7]
- Grande Prairie, Alberta - trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator[8]
- Guelph, Ontario - black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus[9]
- Halifax, Nova Scotia - belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
- Hamilton, Ontario - peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus[10]
- High Level, Alberta - common raven, Corvus corax
- King, Ontario - black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus[11]
- Lacombe, Alberta - mountain bluebird, Sialia currocoides[12]
- London, Ontario - northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
- Marston, Quebec - common loon, Gavia immer[13]
- Montreal, Quebec - American goldfinch, Spinus tristis[14]
- Morinville, Alberta - ferruginous hawk, Buteo regalis[15]
- Mulgrave-et-Derry, Quebec - cerulean warbler, Setophaga cerulea
- Olds, Alberta - great horned owl, Bubo virginianus[16]
- Peace River, Alberta - Canada goose, Branta canadensis
- Penhold, Alberta - northern harrier, Circus cyaneus[17]
- Peterborough, Ontario - great blue heron, Ardea herodias[18]
- Regina, Saskatchewan - black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus[19]
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec - pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus[20]
- Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec - wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
- Sarnia, Ontario - red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus[21]
- Tofield, Alberta - snow goose, Anser caerulescens[22]
- Vancouver, British Columbia - Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna[23]
- Victoria, British Columbia - great blue heron, Ardea herodias (suggested) [24]
- Westlock, Alberta - American robin, Turdus migratorius
- Whistler, British Columbia - Canada Jay, Perisoreus canadensis
- Windsor, Ontario - tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor[25]
China
- Guangzhou, Guangdong - hwamei, Garrulax canorus [1]
- Xiamen, Fujian - egret, Ardea and Egretta [2]
Ecuador
- Quito - black-breasted puffleg, Eriocnemis nigrivestis [3]
Finland
- Rauma - great black-backed gull, Larus marinus [4]
India
- Mumbai, India - coppersmith barbet, Megalaima haemacephala
- New Delhi, India - house sparrow, Passer domesticus
Indonesia
- Surabaya, Indonesia - red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Kediri, East Java - white-crested laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus
- Batu, East Java - Javan myna, Acridotheres javanicus
- Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesian honeyeater, Lichmera limbata
- North Maluku - dusky friarbird, Philemon fuscicapillus
Japan
- Abiko, Chiba - Eurasian coot, Fulica atra [5]
- Akabira, Hokkaido - varied tit, Sittiparus varius [6]
- Aomori, Aomori - Japanese scops owl, Otus semitorques [7] (formerly rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata from 1901 to 2005 [8])
- Chiba, Chiba - little tern, Sternula albifrons [9]
- Chigasaki, Kanagawa - Japanese tit, Parus minor [10]
- Chiyoda, Tokyo - mute swan, Cygnus olor [11]
- Fuchu, Tokyo - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica [12]
- Fukuchi, Aomori - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [13]
- Fukushima, Fukushima - Japanese tit, Parus minor [14]
- Gotenba, Shizuoka - Japanese thrush, Turdus cardis [15]
- Hachiōji, Tokyo - blue-and-white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana [16]
- Hadano, Kanagawa - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [17]
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - barn swallow, Hirundo rustica [18]
- Haramachi, Fukushima - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica [19]
- Hashikami, Aomori - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [20]
- Himeji, Hyōgo - great egret, Ardea alba [21]
- Hita, Oita - grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea [22]
- Hitachinaka, Ibaraki - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [23]
- Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [24]
- Ichikawa, Chiba - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [25]
- Ishioka, Ibaraki - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica [26]
- Itami, Hyogo - duck, Anas [27]
- Kawagoe, Saitama - goose, Anser, Branta and Chen [28]
- Kazuno, Akita - chicken, Gallus gallus (var. Koe Yoshi) [29]
- Kizukuri, Aomori - lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus [30]
- Kōchi, Kōchi - Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis [31]
- Koriyama, Fukushima - lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus [32] [33]
- Koshigaya, Saitama - Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto [34]
- Kumamoto, Kumamoto - Japanese tit, Parus minor [35]
- Kurashiki, Okayama - common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis [36]
- Mito, Ibaraki - white wagtail, Motacilla alba [37]
- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto - Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus [38]
- Namegawa, Saitama - green pheasant, Phasianus versicolor [39]
- Nichinan, Miyazaki - common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis [40]
- Ota, Tokyo - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone [41]
- Oyama, Tochigi - Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis [42]
- Rokkasho, Aomori - white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla [43]
- Sakai, Osaka - bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus [44]
- Shizuoka, Shizuoka - common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis [45]
- Tomakomai, Hokkaido - whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus [46]
- Tosu, Saga - Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus [47]
- Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Japanese scops owl, Otus semitorques [48]
- Yonago, Tottori - whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus [49]
- Zama, Kanagawa - Japanese tit, Parus minor [50]
Pakistan
- Islamabad - rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri
- Lahore - Lahore pigeon, Columba livia
Philippines
- Buenavista, Bohol - black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis (antolihaw, dimodlaw) [51]
- Consolacion, Cebu - black shama, Copsychus cebuensis [52]
- Jagna, Bohol - black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis (antolihaw, dimodlaw) [53]
- Pandan, Antique - writhed-billed hornbill, Aceros waldeni (dulungan) [54]
- Santiago, Agusan del Norte - writhed-billed hornbill, Aceros waldeni (kalaw) [55]
- Tagbilaran, Bohol - Philippine tailorbird, Orthotomus castaneiceps (tamsi) [56]
Serbia
The eagle (see also Serbian eagle) is depicted in the coats of arms of Niš, Kraljevo, Leskovac, Užice, Valjevo. A dove is depicted in the coat of arms of Novi Sad.
South Korea
- Asan - dove, Columba, Streptopelia [57]
- Busan - black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris [58]
- Daegu - white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla [59]
- Gimcheon - Korean magpie, Pica sericea [60]
- Gwangju - dove, Columba, Streptopelia [61]
- Hanam - ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus [62]
- Miryang - Korean magpie, Pica sericea [63]
- Mokpo - red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis [64]
- Pohang - black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris [65]
- Sacheon - black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris [66]
- Sangju - Korean magpie, Pica sericea [67]
- Seongnam - Korean magpie, Pica sericea
- Seoul - Korean magpie, Pica sericea
- Suncheon - Oriental turtle dove, Streptopelia orientalis
- Ulsan - great egret, Ardea alba
- Yangsan - Korean magpie, Pica sericea
Taiwan
- Keelung - Black kite, Milvus migrans formosanus
- Taichung - White-eared sibia, Heterophasia auricularis
- Taipei - Formosan blue magpie, Urocissa caerulea
- Hualien - Maroon oriole, Oriolus traillii ardens
- Penghu - Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula coelivox
- Matsu Islands - Chinese crested tern, Thalasseus bernsteini
- Yunlin - Formosan blue magpie, Urocissa caerulea
- New Taipei - Little egret, Egretta garzetta
- Hsinchu - Oriental magpie, Pica serica
- Hsinchu County - Taiwan barbet, Psilopogon nuchalis
- Changhua County - Grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
- Taoyuan - Formosan blue magpie, Urocissa caerulea
United States
- Alabaster, Alabama - eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis
- Algona, Washington - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Aransas Pass, Texas - brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
- Bakersfield, California - American robin, Turdus migratorius
- Berkeley, California - barn owl, Tyto alba
- Cape Coral, Florida - burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
- Chicago, Illinois - peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Crystal City, Texas - wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
- Deltona, Florida - Florida scrub jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
- Dunedin, Florida - osprey, Pandion haliaetus[26]
- Fort Worth, Texas - eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis[27]
- Galveston, Texas - reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
- Germantown, Tennessee - eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis[28]
- Griggsville, Illinois - purple martin, Progne subis
- Harlingen, Texas - great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
- Honolulu, Hawaii - White tern, Gygis alba
- Houston, Texas - yellow-crowned night heron, Nycatanassa violacea[29]
- Huber Heights, Ohio - dove, Columbidae[30]
- Ingleside, Texas - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Kenmore, Washington - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Key West, Florida - chicken, Gallus gallus
- La Plata, Maryland - purple martin, Progne subis
- Lake Forest, California - hummingbird, Trochilidae
- Madison, Wisconsin - "plastic pink flamingo"[31]
- McAllen, Texas - green jay, Cyanocorax yncas
- Mission, Texas - Couch's kingbird, Tyrannus couchii
- Oakland, California - black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax[32]
- Pine Lake, Georgia - belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
- Port Aransas, Texas - roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja [33]
- Portland, Oregon - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Redondo Beach, California - "Goodyear blimp"[34]
- Rockford, Illinois - peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus[35]
- San Francisco, California - California quail, Callipepla californica
- Santa Monica, California - brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
- Seattle, Washington - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Shoreacres, Texas - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- St. Augustine, Florida - roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja [36]
- St. Petersburg, Florida - brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis[37]
- Topeka, Kansas - western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- Tustin, California - hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus[38]
- Villa Park, California - hummingbird, Calypte, Selasphorus
- Washington, D.C. - wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
See also
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