Flags with an eagle
8 UN countries have an eagle on their flag. The double-headed eagle, inherited from Byzantium, appears in the Balkans.
The ones people look for
- Black double-headed eagle on red: Albania.
- Double-headed eagle in the coat of arms: Montenegro (gold, on red with a gold border) and Serbia (white, on a red shield set towards the pole).
- Mexico: a golden eagle perched on a cactus, devouring a snake.
- Egypt: the golden Eagle of Saladin, on the white band.
- Kazakhstan: a golden steppe eagle below a sun, on sky blue. Zambia: an orange fish eagle. Moldova: an eagle holding a cross, in the coat of arms.
Other birds: a condor for Bolivia and Ecuador (in the coat of arms), Guatemala’s quetzal, Uganda’s crowned crane, Papua New Guinea’s bird of paradise, Dominica’s parrot, Kiribati’s frigatebird and the Zimbabwe bird.
Other symbols
Flags with a crossFlags with a starFlags with a crescent moonFlags with a sun