4 months ago #8681821      

NOOOOOOOW I know why Japanese Hetalia fans call Denmark&Finland pair a 白鳥組!

7 months ago #8566977      

@Karalora here in Finland we had a huge shock few years ago when someone made Finnish post stamp or something with Mute swan, everybody went like "NOOO the wrong biiiiird! We're not Danish!"

8 months ago #8517913      

So.. where is the barn swallow? ;-)

8 months ago #8514371      

@Karalora that's what I was thinking too

8 months ago #8514149      

@AmericanButterfly
"Denmark has a Mute Swan [link]
Finland has a Whooper Swan [link]"

Kind of ironic, that. You'd think it would be the other way around...

8 months ago #8510822      

@Karalora I'll tell you if you like

Denmark has a Mute Swan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_Swan
Finland has a Whooper Swan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whooper_Swan
Iceland has a Gyrfalcon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrfalcon
Norway has a White-throated Dipper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_Dipper
Sweden has a Common blackbird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird

and for fun here's a list of national birds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_birds

8 months ago #8510815      

@Johyy it's a Common Blackbird

8 months ago #8509415      

The Swedes have a raven(?).

8 months ago #8509365      

@Swanman
Can we get some IDs for them? I recognize the swan and I guess Iceland's is...some kind of falcon?