The following is an incomplete list of official city birds, organized by country.
Australia
- Canberra - laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
Canada
- Victoria, British Columbia - great blue heron, Ardea herodias (suggested, as yet unofficial)
- Vancouver, British Columbia - Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna
China
- Guangzhou, Guangdong - hwamei, Garrulax canorus
- Xiamen, Fujian - egret, Ardea and Egretta
Ecuador
- Quito - black-breasted puffleg, Eriocnemis nigrivestis
Finland
- Rauma - great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
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
- Akabira, Hokkaido - varied tit, Sittiparus varius
- Aomori, Aomori - Japanese scops owl, Otus semitorques (formerly rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata from 1901 to 2005 )
- Chiba, Chiba - little tern, Sternula albifrons
- Chigasaki, Kanagawa - Japanese tit, Parus minor
- Chiyoda, Tokyo - mute swan, Cygnus olor
- Fuchu, Tokyo - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica
- Fukuchi, Aomori - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Fukushima, Fukushima - Japanese tit, Parus minor
- Gotenba, Shizuoka - Japanese thrush, Turdus cardis
- Hachiōji, Tokyo - blue-and-white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Hadano, Kanagawa - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
- Haramachi, Fukushima - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica
- Hashikami, Aomori - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Himeji, Hyōgo - great egret, Ardea alba
- Hita, Oita - grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
- Hitachinaka, Ibaraki - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Ichikawa, Chiba - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Ishioka, Ibaraki - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica
- Itami, Hyogo - duck, Anas
- Kawagoe, Saitama - goose, Anser, Branta and Chen
- Kazuno, Akita - chicken, Gallus gallus (var. Koe Yoshi)
- Kizukuri, Aomori - lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- Kōchi, Kōchi - Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis
- Koriyama, Fukushima - lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
- Koshigaya, Saitama - Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
- Kumamoto, Kumamoto - Japanese tit, Parus minor
- Kurashiki, Okayama - common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
- Mito, Ibaraki - white wagtail, Motacilla alba
- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto - Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus
- Namegawa, Saitama - green pheasant, Phasianus versicolor
- Nichinan, Miyazaki - common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
- Ota, Tokyo - Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone
- Oyama, Tochigi - Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis
- Rokkasho, Aomori - white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- Sakai, Osaka - bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus
- Shizuoka, Shizuoka - common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
- Tomakomai, Hokkaido - whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Tosu, Saga - Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus
- Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Japanese scops owl, Otus semitorques
- Yonago, Tottori - whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Zama, Kanagawa - Japanese tit, Parus minor
Pakistan
- Islamabad - rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri
- Lahore - Lahori qabutar, Columba livia
Philippines
- Buenavista, Bohol - black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis (antolihaw, dimodlaw)
- Consolacion, Cebu - black shama, Copsychus cebuensis
- Jagna, Bohol - black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis (antolihaw, dimodlaw)
- Pandan, Antique - writhed-billed hornbill, Aceros waldeni (dulungan)
- Santiago, Agusan del Norte - writhed-billed hornbill, Aceros waldeni (kalaw)
- Tagbilaran, Bohol - Philippine tailorbird, Orthotomus castaneiceps (tamsi)
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
- Busan - black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
- Daegu - white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- Gimcheon - Korean magpie, Pica sericea
- Gwangju - dove, Columba, Streptopelia
- Hanam - ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
- Miryang - Korean magpie, Pica sericea
- Mokpo - red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis
- Pohang - black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
- Sacheon - black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
- Sangju - Korean magpie, Pica sericea
- 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
- 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[1]
- Galveston, Texas - reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
- Harlingen, Texas - great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
- Honolulu, Hawaii - White tern, Gygis alba
- 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"
- McAllen, Texas - green jay, Cyanocorax yncas
- Mission, Texas - Couch's kingbird, Tyrannus couchii
- Oakland, California - Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pine Lake, Georgia - belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
- Port Aransas, Texas - roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja
- Portland, Oregon - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Redondo Beach, California - "Goodyear blimp"[2]
- 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
- Topeka, Kansas - western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- Villa Park, California - hummingbird, Calypte, Selasphorus
- Washington, D.C. - wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/5/4/dunedin_selects_offi.html
- ↑ Garcia, Kenneth J. (5 April 1992). "A Friend in the Skies : Airship: The Goodyear Blimp may be just a giant billboard to some people, but to folks in the South Bay, it's an institution--and it's theirs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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