The national bird is, officially, nonexistent. Every reader right now is thinking or saying out loud—shouting even—What?! Of course the U.S. has a national bird.

The U.S., unlike dozens of other countries, has never formally named a national bird. That could soon change, though. The Senate passed a bill to officially designate the bald eagle as the ...

And in 2016 the American Bison became our National Mammal. Most people assume that the bald eagle — long a symbol of power and strength in the United States — has been our National Bird for a ...

The bald eagle became the United States national bird on Dec. 24, 2024, approximately 242 years after most Americans assumed it already was our national bird.. In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on ...

The bald eagle was voted our national seal in 1782. To help preserve the bird’s declining numbers, Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection Act in 1940. The birds have avoided the endangered ...

Opinion You probably think this is our national bird. Think again. Yes, the bald eagle appears on our Great Seal, but it has no official designation.

Getting to know our national bird - back from the brink. As we watched the Winter Olympics, our TVs were filled with patriotic imagery and the sound of our national anthem.