List of official city birds
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The following is an incomplete list of official city birds, organized by country.
Contents
Australia
- Canberra - laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
Canada
- Victoria, British Columbia - great blue heron, Ardea herodias (suggested, as yet unofficial) [1]
China
- Guangzhou, Guangdong - hwamei, Garrulax canorus [2]
- Xiamen, Fujian - egret, Ardea and Egretta [3]
Ecuador
- Quito - black-breasted puffleg, Eriocnemis nigrivestis [4]
Finland
- Rauma - great black-backed gull, Larus marinus [5]
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 [6]
- Akabira, Hokkaido - varied tit, Sittiparus varius [7]
- Aomori, Aomori - Japanese scops owl, Otus semitorques [8] (formerly rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata from 1901 to 2005 [9])
- Chiba, Chiba - little tern, Sternula albifrons [10]
- Chigasaki, Kanagawa - Japanese tit, Parus minor [11]
- Chiyoda, Tokyo - mute swan, Cygnus olor [12]
- Fuchu, Tokyo - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica [13]
- Fukuchi, Aomori - Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone [14]
- Fukushima, Fukushima - Japanese tit, Parus minor [15]
- Gotenba, Shizuoka - Japanese thrush, Turdus cardis [16]
- Hachiōji, Tokyo - blue-and-white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana [17]
- Hadano, Kanagawa - Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone [18]
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - barn swallow, Hirundo rustica [19]
- Haramachi, Fukushima - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica [20]
- Hashikami, Aomori - Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone [21]
- Himeji, Hyōgo - great egret, Ardea alba [22]
- Hita, Oita - grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea [23]
- Hitachinaka, Ibaraki - Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone [24]
- Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto - Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone [25]
- Ichikawa, Chiba - Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone [26]
- Ishioka, Ibaraki - Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica [27]
- Itami, Hyogo - duck, Anas [28]
- Kawagoe, Saitama - goose, Anser, Branta and Chen [29]
- Kazuno, Akita - chicken, Gallus gallus (var. Koe Yoshi) [30]
- Kizukuri, Aomori - lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus [31]
- Kōchi, Kōchi - Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis [32]
- Koriyama, Fukushima - lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus [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, Cettia 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 - Lahori qabutar, 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]
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 - crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela
- Taichung - little egret, Egretta garzetta
- Taipei - 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 [68] [69]
- 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 [70]
- Galveston, Texas - reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
- Harlingen, Texas - great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
- Ingleside, Texas - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Kenmore, Washington - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- Key West, Florida - chicken, Gallus gallus
- Lake Forest, California - hummingbird, Calypte, Selasphorus
- Madison, Wisconsin - "plastic pink flamingo"[71]
- McAllen, Texas - green jay, Cyanocorax yncas
- Mission, Texas - Couch's kingbird, Tyrannus couchii
- Pine Lake, Georgia - belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
- Port Aransas, Texas - roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja [72]
- Portland, Oregon - great blue heron, Ardea herodias
- 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 [73]
- Topeka, Kansas - western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- Villa Park, California - hummingbird, Calypte, Selasphorus
- Washington, D.C. - wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
