Red-crowned crane is a bird used by China people to associate with beautiful myths, which represents longevity in greetings. During May and June 2004, the red-crowned crane won an overwhelming 64.92% of the votes of about 5 million netizens on more than 20 websites in China.
10 species including magpie and golden pheasant are listed as candidate species.
At present, there are national birds in more than 40 countries. 200 years ago, the United States took the bald eagle as the representative of the national bird and created the trend of the national bird.