Which bird should China chooses to be the national bird?

Which bird should China chooses to be the national bird?
Sep 16, 2008 03:13
OLIVETREE Points: Join Date: Mar 23, 2008 Status: offline	Many countries have the ‘national birds’ to represent the countries. For example, Kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand. China is deciding upon which bird represent China as the ‘National Bird’. So far, the red-crowned crane has been selected as the only candidate for China’s “National Bird”. Nevertheless, the red-crowned crane’s international official name is “Japanese Crane”. It is inappropriate to call Chinese national bird “Japanese crane”. Some netters nominated sparrow as the candidate for China’s National Bird. What do you think? How many countries have “national birds”?

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Many countries have the ‘national birds’ to represent the countries. For example, Kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand. China is deciding upon which bird represent China as the ‘National Bird’. So far, the red-crowned crane has been selected as the only candidate for China’s “National Bird”. Nevertheless, the red-crowned crane’s international official name is “Japanese Crane”. It is inappropriate to call Chinese national bird “Japanese crane”. Some netters nominated sparrow as the candidate for China’s National Bird. What do you think? How many countries have “national birds”?

Sep 16, 2008 06:27	#1
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	The sparrow has to be the mostly truly international bird there is: it is present in just about every part of the world. In Britain it is informally a symbol for London where it often called a Cockney sparrow (A cockney is a native of East London). So this does not seem a great candidate as a Chinese national bird.

Sep 16, 2008 21:52	#2
DODGER Points: Join Date: Jul 15, 2007 Status: Offline	Are there any birds in China? Dodger.

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