Are there any national birds in China like American vultures and Chilean vultures?

If someone asks what is China's national treasure? It is estimated that a three-year-old child in China can answer:? Giant panda! ? ; If someone asks what is the national flag of China? We can answer in one second:? Red flag with five stars! ? ; But if someone asks you what is the national bird of China? I can't answer this question. Bian Xiao will tell you about it today? What about the national bird? .

National bird? As the name implies, the bird that symbolizes the spirit of a country and a nation is the most representative, beloved and valuable bird in this country. As early as 232 years ago, the United States proposed to select the national bird. In that year, they put endangered birds? Bald sea eagle? (also known as vulture) was chosen as the national bird of the United States.

Bald sea eagle, a large raptor, with a body length of 1 m and a wingspan of more than 2 meters. Its upper beak has an arc-shaped protrusion that can easily tear its prey. It is very fierce and majestic. Americans think this bird is a perfect representative? American spirit? Therefore, it is designated as the national bird.

Since the United States has a national bird, other countries must not lag behind. Soon, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador also chose their own national birds, all of which are the same. Condor. Condor? This bird is amazing. It also has a name? Andean condor? .

The Andean vulture, with a body length of 130cm, a weight of 10kg and a wingspan of over 3m, is a raptor like the vulture and is considered as the largest bird in the world.

It can be seen that many countries will choose particularly brave animals as their national birds, but there are also milder countries. Costa Rica has chosen birds that people like and are close to everyone's life? Brown-backed thrush is a common bird, not beautiful, but very gentle and lovely. It ranked first in the national voting that year.

France thinks it is necessary to choose the oldest bird, so it came from more than 2000 years ago? Gallic chicken? Became their national bird, just a Latin word? gallus？ Both? Rooster? Meaning, too? Gaul? Meaning, pun, is perfect. Nowadays, the French national football team should catch gallic chickens before the game to stimulate the players' fighting spirit.

1960, 12 international conference on bird protection was held. After stating the current dangerous situation of birds in the world, the delegates called on all countries in the world to choose their own national birds, so as to popularize the concept of bird protection among the people, so1more than 20 countries and regions joined the ranks.

But unfortunately, so far, China has not had its own national bird. What's going on here?

In 2003, China State Forestry Administration and china wildlife conservation association launched a national bird selection campaign. The red-crowned crane ranked first with 64.92% of the votes. The State Forestry Administration reported the red-crowned crane to the State Council, and it seemed that it would become the national bird of China, but it was finally rejected.

Because what is the English name of the red-crowned crane? Japanese crane? , that is? Japanese crane? As early as the late Qing Dynasty, Japanese provided German biologists with specimens of red-crowned cranes. He had never seen a red-crowned crane before, so he named it? Japanese crane? And written in their own papers, so westerners default to red-crowned cranes? Japanese crane? .

Think about it. What do other countries say China's national bird is called? Japanese crane? , China people can't? Angry? ? So I forgot about it.

Although China doesn't have it at present? National bird? But we have one? Dai guoniao? , is it? Golden pheasant with red belly? Also known as the Golden Rooster, many friends must have seen it. It is an endemic bird in China, mainly distributed in the Qinling Mountains in Gansu and southern Shaanxi.

At present, many birds in China will use golden pheasant as the emblem because it is so beautiful. Zhu Fu described this in the Song Dynasty. Rooster? Feather family is like a pheasant, with a golden neck and a red back, a spotted tail upturned, arrogant and unruly. ? It is beautiful, arrogant and not tamed by people, and it has always been the object of painters' scrambling to paint. Maybe one day, golden pheasant club? Turn positive? Come on!