Parrots are common symbols in the Caribbean. Game birds are prized as food items, while many tropical species are also brightly colored. Besides India s peacock, these include a number of pheasants adopted as symbols by nations in tropical Asia. Grouse, ptarmigan, quail and turkeys are symbols of some U.S. states, one Canadian province, and several Japanese prefectures. Large, long-legged birds are popular symbols.
Cranes are important symbols in Japan and China as well as Africa and even Australia.
The white stork is the national bird of German, Lithuania and a Japanese prefecture. Flamingos are popular symbols in the Caribbean. Of course, cold-blooded land animals aren t terribly common in northern lands. However, several U.S. states have adopted turtles, snakes, lizards, salamanders and frogs as official reptiles or amphibians. Fishes Fishes are of even less symbolic importance than reptiles and amphibians.