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Canad's National Bird
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What is the name of the bird found on loonie?
a loon is on a loonie
What is a loonie in coins?
Loonie is the nickname for the Canada dollar coin because it has a bird called the Loon on the back of the coin.
What bird is on the Canadian coin?
Which Canadian coins??? 1967 dollar ---- Canadian Goose 1967 cent ---- Dove Loonie ---- Loon
What is a bird from Canada?
The Loon. It is on Every Canadian one dollar coin. Which happens to be called a 'Loonie' Sources: I am Canadian
The Canadian dollar coin's nickname is the what?
The Loon, or Loony. From the picture of the Loon Duck on the obverse
Does Canada use a coin or a Canadian Dollar for 1 Canadian Dollar?
They now use a $1 coin irreverently called a loonie because it carries a picture of a swimming loon.
What does the saying your a loonie mean?
The saying "you're a loonie" is a slang term used to indicate that someone is crazy or eccentric. It derives from the Canadian one-dollar coin, which is colloquially referred to as a "loonie" because it features a loon (a type of bird) on one side. So, calling someone a loonie is suggesting that they are as unpredictable or strange as the bird depicted on the coin.
Why is the loon Canada's national bird?
It isn't. Canada doesn't have an official national bird. There has been discussion about having one, but so far, there is none. People think it is because it's on the Loonie.
What currency does Canadian use?
Canadian Dollars. They are not at all the same as American Dollars, they just have a similar name. Funny enough, the Canadian 1-Dollar coin (not a paper bill, but a metal coin) is called a Loonie, because of the loon (a breed of bird) depicted on it. Some have come to call the Canadian Dollar in general the Loonie, like the American Dollar might be called a buck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie).
Why is the Toonie important?
The one dollar Canadian coin is called a loonie or loony because the coin has a loon picture on one side. The toonie or toony is worth two lonnies because it is a two dollar coin.
How was the loonie made?
Mutated gay man gave the loonie aids and the loonie did a flip and died.
What is a twonie?
A twonie is a Canadian Two Dollar coin. It has a polar bear on one side and the Queen's picture on the other side. The name Twonie comes from what the Canadians call their one dollar coin, A Loonie which has the Loon on the back side of the coin. So since it's a two dollar coin they combined Two and Loonie and came up with twonie.
