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Field Listing :: National symbol(s)

A national symbol is a faunal, floral, or other abstract representation - or some distinctive object - that over time has come to be closely identified with a country or entity. Not all countries have national symbols; a few countries have more than one.

Country	National symbol(s)


Afghanistan	lion


Albania	double-headed eagle


Algeria	star and crescent; fennec fox


Angola	sable antelope


Anguilla	dolphin


Argentina	Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol)


Armenia	Mount Ararat; eagle; lion


Australia	Southern Cross constellation (five, seven-pointed stars); kangaroo; emu


Austria	black eagle


Azerbaijan	flames of fire


Bahamas, The	blue marlin; flamingo


Bangladesh	Bengal tiger


Barbados	Neptune's trident


Belarus	mounted knight known as Pahonia (the Chaser)


Belgium	lion


Belize	Baird's tapir (a large, browsing, forest-dwelling mammal); keel-billed toucan


Benin	leopard


Bermuda	red lion


Bhutan	thunder dragon known as Druk


Bolivia	llama; Andean condor


Bosnia and Herzegovina	golden lily


Botswana	zebra


Brazil	Southern Cross constellation


Bulgaria	lion


Burkina Faso	white stallion


Burma	chinthe (mythical lion)


Burundi	lion


Cambodia	Angkor Wat temple; kouprey (wild ox)


Cameroon	lion


Canada	maple leaf


Central African Republic	elephant


Chad	goat (north); lion (south)


Chile	huemul (mountain deer); Andean condor


China	dragon


Christmas Island	golden bosun bird


Colombia	Andean condor


Comoros	four stars and crescent


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	leopard


Congo, Republic of the	lion; elephant


Costa Rica	clay-colored robin known as Yiguirro


Cote d'Ivoire	elephant


Croatia	red-white checkerboard


Cyprus	Cypriot mouflon (wild sheep); white dove


Czech Republic	double-tailed lion


Denmark	lion; mute swan


Dominica	Sisserou parrot


Dominican Republic	palmchat (bird)


Ecuador	Andean condor


Egypt	golden eagle


El Salvador	turquoise-browed motmot (bird)


Equatorial Guinea	silk cotton tree


Eritrea	camel


Estonia	barn swallow, cornflower


Ethiopia	Abyssinian lion


European Union	a circle of 12 stars


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	ram


Faroe Islands	ram


Finland	lion


France	Gallic rooster


French Polynesia	outrigger canoe


French Southern and Antarctic Lands	sea lion


Gabon	black panther


Gambia, The	lion


Georgia	Saint George; lion


Germany	black eagle


Ghana	black star; golden eagle


Gibraltar	Barbary macaque


Greece	Greek cross (white cross on blue field; arms equal length)


Greenland	polar bear


Guam	coconut tree


Guatemala	quetzal (bird)


Guernsey	Guernsey cow; donkey


Guyana	Canje pheasant (hoatzin); jaguar


Haiti	Hispaniolan trogon (bird)


Holy See (Vatican City)	crossed keys


Honduras	scarlet macaw; white-tailed deer


Hong Kong	orchid tree flower


Hungary	Holy Crown of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen); turul (falcon)


Iceland	gyrfalcon


India	Bengal tiger


Indonesia	garuda (mythical bird)


Iran	lion


Iraq	golden eagle


Ireland	harp


Isle of Man	triskelion (a motif of three legs)


Israel	Star of David


Italy	white, five-pointed star (Stella d'Italia)


Jamaica	green-and-black streamertail (bird)


Japan	red sun disc; chrysanthemum


Jersey	Jersey cow


Jordan	eagle


Kazakhstan	golden eagle


Kenya	lion


Kiribati	frigatebird


Korea, North	red star


Korea, South	taegeuk (yin yang symbol)


Kuwait	golden falcon


Kyrgyzstan	gyrfalcon


Laos	elephant


Latvia	white wagtail (bird)


Lebanon	cedar tree


Lesotho	Basotho hat


Liberia	white star


Libya	star and crescent; hawk


Lithuania	mounted knight known as Vytis (the Chaser)


Luxembourg	lion


Macau	lotus blossom


Macedonia	eight-rayed sun


Malaysia	tiger


Maldives	crescent moon


Malta	Maltese cross


Mauritania	star and crescent


Mexico	golden eagle


Moldova	aurochs (a type of wild cattle)


Mongolia	soyombo emblem


Montenegro	double-headed eagle


Morocco	pentacle symbol; lion


Nepal	rhododendron blossom


Netherlands	lion


New Caledonia	kagu bird


New Zealand	Southern Cross constellation (four, five-pointed stars); kiwi (bird)


Nicaragua	turquoise-browed motmot (bird)


Nigeria	eagle


Norfolk Island	Norfolk Island pine


Northern Mariana Islands	latte stone


Norway	lion


Oman	Khanjar dagger superimposed on two crossed swords


Pakistan	star and crescent


Panama	harpy eagle


Papua New Guinea	bird of paradise


Paraguay	lion


Peru	vicuna (a camelid related to the llama)


Philippines	Philippine eagle


Poland	white eagle


Portugal	armillary sphere (a spherical astrolabe modeling objects in the sky)


Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican spindalis (bird); coqui (frog)


Romania	golden eagle


Russia	bear; double-headed eagle


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Saint Helena plover (bird)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	brown pelican


Saint Lucia	twin pitons (volcanic peaks); Saint Lucia parrot


Saint Martin	brown pelican


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	16th-century sailing ship


Samoa	Southern Cross constellation (five, five-pointed stars)


San Marino	three peaks each displaying a tower


Saudi Arabia	palm tree surmounting two crossed swords


Senegal	lion


Serbia	double-headed eagle


Sierra Leone	lion


Singapore	lion


Slovakia	double-barred cross (Cross of Lorraine) surmounting three peaks


Slovenia	Mount Triglav


Somalia	leopard


South Africa	springbok antelope


South Sudan	African fish eagle


Spain	Pillars of Hercules


Sri Lanka	lion


Sudan	secretary bird


Swaziland	lion; elephant


Sweden	three crowns; lion


Switzerland	Swiss cross (white cross on red field; arms equal length)


Syria	hawk


Taiwan	white, 12-rayed sun on blue field


Tajikistan	crown surmounted by seven, five-pointed stars


Tanzania	Uhuru (Freedom) torch


Thailand	garuda (mythical half-man, half-bird figure); elephant


Tokelau	tuluma (fishing tackle box)


Tonga	red cross on white field; arms equal length


Trinidad and Tobago	scarlet ibis (bird of Trinidad); cocrico (bird of Tobago)


Tunisia	encircled red star and crescent


Turkey	star and crescent


Turkmenistan	Akhal-Teke horse


Uganda	grey crowned crane


Ukraine	trident (tryzub)


United Arab Emirates	golden falcon


United Kingdom	lion (Britain in general); lion (England); lion, unicorn (Scotland); dragon (Wales); harp (Northern Ireland)


United States	bald eagle


Uruguay	Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol)


Uzbekistan	khumo (mythical bird)


Vanuatu	boar's tusk


Venezuela	troupial (bird)


Vietnam	yellow, five-pointed star on red field


Wallis and Futuna	red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field


Yemen	golden eagle


Zambia	African fish eagle


Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe bird symbol; African fish eagle

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