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2017 Vancouver Official City Bird Survey

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The City of Vancouver, Canada held an online and in-person election between April 28 and May 14 2017 to designate an official city bird.[1] For three years prior to the 2017 election, which chose a permanent official city bird, city birds were determined through annual elections for one-year terms, winners including the Peregrine Falcon in 2014, the Black-Capped Chickadee in 2015, and the Northwestern Crow in 2016 [2] [3] .The 2017 Election was between four candidates; Anna's Hummingbird, Spotted Towhee, Northern Flicker, and the Varied Thrush, with Anna's Hummingbird prevailing as the winner with 42% of the vote. The election included three weeks of lighthearted campaigning,[1] highlighted on social media sites such as Twitter [4] and through the local media.[5]

Anna's Hummingbird in flight

Election Results[edit]

2017 Vancouver Official City Bird Election
Candidate Votes %
Anna's Hummingbird 3,450 41.77
Northern Flicker 2,653 32.12
Varied Thrush 1,265 15.32
Spotted Towhee 891 10.79
Total valid votes 8,259 100.0
Source: City of Vancouver[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Official City Bird: Anna's Hummingbird". vancouver.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. Mooney, Harrison (2017-05-19). "Anna's hummingbird named official city bird of Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. Johnson, Lisa (2017-05-02). "It's forever this time: Vote for City of Vancouver official bird". CBC. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. Anna's Hummingbird on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  5. Hui, Stephen (2017-04-21). "Nine reasons to vote northern flicker for Vancouver city bird". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2020-11-10.


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