National Emblem of different countries
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COUNTRY |
NATIONAL EMBLEM |
Afghanistan |
lion |
Albania |
double-headed eagle |
Algeria |
star and crescent; fennec fox |
Angola |
Palanca Negra Gigante (giant black 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 |
golden eagle, Alpine gentian, edelweiss |
Azerbaijan |
flames of fire |
Bahamas, The |
blue marlin; flamingo |
Bangladesh |
Bengal tiger, water lily |
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, fleur-de-lis, Marianne |
French Polynesia |
outrigger canoe |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
sea lion |
Gabon |
black panther |
Gambia, The |
lion |
Georgia |
Saint George; lion |
Germany |
golden 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 |
the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which depicts four Asiatic lions standing back to back mounted on a circular abacus, is the official emblem; the Bengal tiger is the national animal; the lotus is the national flower |
Indonesia |
garuda (mythical bird) |
Iran |
lion |
Iraq |
golden eagle |
Ireland |
harp, shamrock (trefoil) |
Isle of Man |
triskelion (a motif of three legs) |
Israel |
Star of David (Magen 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 |
coconut palm, yellowfin tuna |
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), silver fern |
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 and representing the Republic) |
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, merlion (mythical half lion-half fish creature), orchid |
Slovakia |
double-barred cross (Cross of St. Cyril and St. Methodius) 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, Tudor rose (England); lion, unicorn, thistle (Scotland); dragon, daffodil, leek (Wales); harp, flax (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; lotus blossom |
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, flame lily |
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