symbolic choice of national birds

The bird which Guatemala choose as a national bird, a quetzal, a nice colorful bird




The bird which the United States choose as a national bird, the Bald Eagle, a predator.



In January of 1784 elder statesman Benjamin Franklin stated:

"The bald eagle...is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy.

"The turkey is a much more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America."