The national bird has a similar meaning to the national flower, national flag and national anthem, and is a symbol of the spirit of a country and a nation. Therefore, those who are selected as national birds must be precious and rare special birds or birds of great value and significance that are loved by the people of this country. The national bird selection has a history of more than 200 years. The United States was the first country in the world to identify the national bird. Due to environmental pollution and human overfishing, many birds are decreasing, some even extinct or on the verge of extinction, in 1960, the 12th International Conference on the Protection of Birds, the participants, called on all countries in the world to elect their own national birds, in order to popularize the idea of protecting birds among the people. More than 120 countries and regions in the world have identified national birds.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="4" > fifth place African-Kenyan national bird - purple-breasted Dharma monk</h1>
The appearance of this bird can be said to be the existence of the ceiling of the bird world, and the purple-breasted Buddhist monk is the national bird of Botswana and Kenya. Such a beautiful national bird, the aesthetics of these two countries are quite good. Purple-breasted Dharma Monk is a genus of Dharma monks of the Dharma monk family Dharma monks, this species has a total of 8 species in the world, and it is a family of its own.
It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia, and prefers vast woodlands and savannahs. The calls are generally simple and lack a gentle singing voice. Purple-breasted Buddhist monks mainly eat insects, lizards, scorpions, snails, small birds and rodents on the ground.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="8" > fourth place North American - American national bird - bald eagle</h1>
The United States is the first country in the world to set up a national bird, and we often see this bird on some pictures and video logos, which is also a symbol of the United States, the bald sea eagle is also known as the American eagle. It is a large bird of prey, with adult sea eagles up to 1 meter long and wingspans of more than 2 meters long. It mainly inhabits coasts, lakes and rivers, and feeds on large fish such as salmon and trout, water birds such as wild ducks and seagulls, and small mammals that live near the water, and has strong flight ability.
It is endemic to North America. On June 20, 1782, the United States Congress passed a resolution to legislate the selection of bald eagles as the national bird of the United States. Both the national emblem of the United States and the uniforms of the U.S. military depict a bald-headed sea eagle clutching an olive branch in one foot and an arrow in the other, symbolizing peace and mighty force. My popular understanding is to beat you for the sake of maintaining peace.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="16" > third place Central American - Guatemalan national bird - anchovy green bite</h1>
The small climbing bird is the most beautiful bird in the jungles of South America, with an extremely gorgeous appearance, and the male green-biting crane has smooth long-tailed covert feathers, like a phoenix-like tail feather. Endangered species, belonging to the first group of protected animals in the appendix to the Washington Convention. Its natural habitat is forested. Feeds on insects and also eats plant fruits.
Nesting in a tree hole, it is a climbing bird in a tropical forest. It is found in southern Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The anchovy is guatemala's national bird, and the juvenile anchovy retains a pair of primitive claws, like those of Archaeopteryx or pterosaur, which disappears in adulthood. This bird occupies an important place in the myths and legends of Mesoamerica.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="21" > second place Europe-Luxembourg national bird - Dai Ju </h1>
Dai Ju is a small bird, a personality bird with a small yellow head, very trendy, is the trend ceiling of European birds, mainly inhabiting coniferous and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests above 800 meters above sea level. Except for the breeding period, which is carried out alone or in pairs, there are many flocks at other times.
Sexually active, agile, almost non-stop during the day, often jumping between coniferous branches or flying and stopping, foraging and advancing, and constantly making a sharp "zi-zi-zi" sound.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="28" > first place Chinese national bird - red-crowned crane</h1>
In 2003, the State Forestry Administration of China and the China Wildlife Conservation Association launched the national bird selection activity, and set up an expert selection team and determined the selection criteria. From May to June 2004, the China Wildlife Conservation Association, China News Service and Sina.com jointly held an online bird promotion activity with more than 20 news websites across the country. Among the 10 bird species candidates, the red-crowned crane won 64.92% of the votes of 5 million netizens, far ahead of other competitors. China's State Forestry Administration reported the red-crowned crane to the State Council as the only candidate bird for the national bird.
The legendary crane, the red-crowned crane, is due to the long life of the red-crowned crane for 50-60 years, and people often paint it with pine trees as a symbol of longevity. The red-crowned crane symbolizes happiness, auspiciousness, longevity and fidelity. It is recognized as a first-class literary bird in Chinese history. It is also the crane in Chinese mind.
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