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

One legislator, Hope Florida critic Alex Andrade, held out for the pelican in the 112-1 anti-mockingbird vote. Lawmakers are ...

A bill that would designate the flamingo as Florida's state bird breezed through the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Supporters of the bill said it symbolizes environmental restoration in Florida, which contributed to the flamingo’s recent ...

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 ...

Today, the Florida House is set to hear a measure that would change one of the state’s official symbols, swapping Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the American flamingo. This raises a ...

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

I drive with a cardinal on my license plate. It costs a little more, but not as much as a plate that says COWBIRD, which I observed last year during a visit to Champaign-Urbana. If the owner of that ...

It’s common knowledge that each U.S. state has a state bird. But do you know how each of these birds were chosen? The tradition originated in the 1920s when the General Federation of Women’s Clubs ...