Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

Florida named the mockingbird its state bird back in 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. It may not be quite as representative of today's bustling, modern ...

The American flamingo would be the official state bird, and the Florida scrub jay would be the official state songbird. Currently, the state bird is the northern mockingbird, desi ...

Florida State University sophomore Olyvia Collins, a member of the student “Scrub Club” group that in 2022 convinced Seminole ...

From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...

The Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center is located a short 7-mile drive southwest of Key Largo in Tavernier, Florida. It consists of two facilities: an animal hospital where wounded birds ...

Residents and visitors often see swallow-tailed kites flashing overhead during the spring months as they hunt just above the tree canopies.

Florida lawmakers are considering bills to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird and the scrub-jay as the state songbird. The flamingo is seen as a unique symbol of Florida ...