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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Senate bill is making its way through the legislature that could change Florida's state bird after almost a century. Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) ...

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

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 ...

For nearly 100 years, the mockingbird has served as Florida’s official state bird. Yes, the mockingbird. Not the flamingo, despite what many people think. But that grievous wrong — which began in 1927 ...