Official Provincial and National Birds of Canada
Province | Official Name | Scientific Name |
Alberta | Great-horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
British Colombia | Stellar's Jay* | Cyanacitta stelleri |
Manitoba; | Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa |
Newfoundland & Labrador | Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica |
Northwest Territories | Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
Nova Scotia | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
Nanavut | Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus mutus |
Ontario | Common Loon | Gavia immer |
Prince Edward Island | Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
Quebec | Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus** |
Saskatchewan | Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus |
Yukon | Common Raven | Cora corax |
National Bird of Canada | Common Loon | Gavia immer |
*Common Loon is sometimes incorrectly listed as BC provincial bird.
**Bubo scandiacus* formely Nyctea scandiaca
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