What animal is shown on the flag of Wales?

The flag of Wales shows a red dragon.

Known in Welsh as Y Ddraig Goch, meaning “the red dragon,” the emblem appears passant across a horizontal green-and-white field. The exact artistic rendering of the dragon is not fixed in law, so illustrations can differ in details such as its claws, wings, or posture.

The dragon’s legend is linked to the medieval story of two dragons beneath Dinas Emrys. In the Historia Brittonum, written around AD 829, a red dragon representing the Britons defeats a white dragon associated with the Anglo-Saxons.

Henry Tudor used the red dragon during his 1485 campaign and carried it in triumph to Saint Paul’s Cathedral after the Battle of Bosworth Field. The modern Welsh flag was officially recognised in 1959. Its green and white colors are associated with the Tudor family, not with the dragon itself.