In that regard, see
http://theconversation.com/why-you-should-celebrate-world-sparrow-day-39042?
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From: Andrew Thelander
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 3:18 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: National bird
Hi all
In Sweden, the Swedish Ornithological Society (SOF) is currently organising
a voluntary vote to determine the national bird of Sweden. This was done
once before in the early 1960s by a newspaper and the blackbird was elected!
This shows that the national bird does not have to be an endemic but a
species that people can relate to in their daily lives.
For Australia, my suggestion for the national bird is the House sparrow.
Like most of us, its ancestors came from Britain and Europe and adapted to a
strange new land. Its chirp is familiar to us all. It breeds prolifically
just like us and eats just about anything it can scrounge from Big Mac
crusts to discarded diet biscuits. I bet it already has a local dialect now
different from those back in the Old Dart. And its limited colours would
save on printing costs in this eco-friendly age.
cheers
Andrew
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