Blog for the Birds

Israel’s new National Bird

May 30, 2008 on 10:59 am | In Ecosystem, Ornithology |

It’s the Hoopoe!  After an exhaustive process, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel determined the Hoopoe was the right bird for Israel. According to President Peres - 500 million birds pass through Israel’s skies annually. He wasn’t referring specifically to the Hoopoe, but that’s a lot of bird for a country with a small land mass.

Hoopoe Israel’s new national bird