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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