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
