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 ...

The Florida House voted to replace the mockingbird with the American flamingo as the state bird. The bill now heads to the ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

The Florida House of Representatives has voted to nix the northern mockingbird as the Sunshine State bird, taking its place ...

Jim Mooney has launched a high-wattage campaign to elevate the flamingo to Florida’s state bird. The Republican has handed out flamingo lapel pins and 11-by-16 prints of flamingo artwork to his 119 ...

Hey Florida, can we talk about our state bird? Does it really have to be the northern mockingbird? Or could we make it literally any other bird? Nothing against the northern mockingbird. Its ...