Provincial Birds of Canada
National Bird -- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Provincial birds and territory birds of Canada. Canada is such a beautiful and diverse country, I enjoy my limted visits. She also has some interesting and diverse official birds.
How appropriate to have the Common loon as a nation bird, a true sound and symbol of the wild.
The 13 provinces and territories that make up Canada each have a special birds.
Provinces:
Alberta --- Great Horned Owl, (Bubo virginianus)
British Columbia --- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Manitoba --- Great Grey Owl or Lapland Owl (Strix nebulosa)
New Brunswick --- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Newfoundland and Labrador --- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Nova Scotia --- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Ontario --- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Prince Edward Island --- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Quebec --- Snowy owl (Nyctea scandica)
Saskatchewan --- Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus )
Territories:
Northwest Territories --- Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Nunavut --- Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Yukon --- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Provincial Birds, Return to Common Birds Page
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