International Day of ...

National Bird Day is only recognized in the Americas.  March 19th is International Migratory Bird Day.

There is quite a list of international days recognized by the United Nations.  I pulled some from the whole list that you can see here; the ones below are just some of the international days for the first 3 months of the year.  Notice that National Bird Day and International Migratory Bird Day are not mentioned.  There are many more days that are recognized that are not celebrated or noted on the given site or below - there must be thousands of them.

List of International Days and Weeks
World Braille Day 04 Jan
International Day of Education 24 Jan
International Day of Clean Energy 26 Jan
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 27 Jan
World Wetlands Day 02 Feb
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 06 Feb
International Day of the Arabian Leopard (A/RES/77/295)
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 Feb
World Radio Day 13 Feb
Global Tourism Resilience Day 17 Feb
World Day of Social Justice 20 Feb
Zero Discrimination Day 01 Mar
World Wildlife Day 03 Mar
International Women's Day 08 Mar
International Day of Women Judges (A/RES/75/274)
International Day of Happiness 20 Mar
World Day for Glaciers 21 Mar
International Day of Forests 21 Mar
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21 Mar
World Poetry Day 21 Mar
World Down Syndrome Day 21 Mar
World Water Day 22 Mar
World Tuberculosis Day 24 Mar
International Day of Zero Waste 30 Mar
World Autism Awareness Day 02 Apr

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