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National Symbols

        


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Coat of Arms

National Flag

 

National Flower

 

 

Black Orchid (Encyclia Cocheeata)

National Flag*
            
A rectangular dark blue background with narrow red stripes at the top and bottom and with the country's Coat of Arms on white circle in the center.

National Tree: The Mahogany Tree (Swietenia Macrophilla)*

National Bird: The Keel Billed Toucan (Ramphasyos Solfurantus)*

National Animal: The Tapir or Mountain Cow (Taripello Bairdii)*

* Source: Permanent Mission of Belize to the OAS.
                       

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Updated: 18 March 2008


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