Will the mockingbird finally get replaced as Florida's official state bird? A bill to raise up the leggy pink flamingo soared past the House.

Why would the Florida Legislature want to change the state bird of Florida from the mockingbird (whose habitat includes all of Florida and beyond) to the flamingo (a tropical native of the Caribbean ...

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. Lawmakers are reviving a debate about whether the flamingo should replace the mockingbird as the state bird. They also want to make the Florida scrub jay ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The first bill to be filed in Florida’s 2026 legislative session seeks to change the state bird to the American flamingo. Now, a second bill has been filed regarding which ...

Quick, what's the official Florida state bird? If you guessed the mockingbird, you'd be correct. However, you'd also be correct if you named the mockingbird as the official state bird of Arkansas, ...

Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn’t immediately clear ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lawmakers in Tallahassee are considering a bill that could change Florida’s state bird from the Mockingbird to the Flamingo. The bill, which was heard by a legislative subcommittee ...

Lawmakers are trying again to designate the flamingo as the state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state song bird.

Supporters have argued the flamingo better reflects Florida’s identity and pairs the state with a globally recognized ...