Since 1927, the official state bird of Florida has been the northern mockingbird. You're probably thinking the same thing as I am — the mockingbird, with all due respect, seems a little uninspiring.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also voted for the osprey to become the state bird in 2009, after a poll of 77,000 school students resulted in a victory for the large raptor ...

For decades, there's been an effort to change the state bird of Florida — now a mockingbird — to something a little more unique to the state. But pushback has been long and intense.

Birding blogger Nicolas Lund recently argued in an article for Slate magazine that Florida should change its state bird to the Flamingo. He was actually advocating for several states to change ...

Florida lawmakers, as they usually do, yielded to the cawing of the NRA and left the mockingbird as the state bird. But maybe this time around, the little scrub jay has a fighting chance.

The osprey is one of several birds being considered for a new state bird. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) Despite its likeness being plastered on every piece of Florida merchandising, the flamingo was ...

School kids could pick next state bird of Florida. In 2008, when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a vote among 78,000 schoolchildren for a state bird, the osprey beat ...

Florida’s new state bird is: Bird. Claim every single one, from the tiniest hummingbirds to the hulking turkey vultures (which are a more important part of Florida’s ecosystem than many realize).

Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

In a "bird-rich" state like Florida, does the commonplace northern mockingbird deserve to reign as the official state bird? The Birdist's Nicholas Lund thinks not.. In a hilarious, spot-on piece ...

After Louisiana named the brown pelican its state bird in the 60s, attention helped support breeding programs that revived the state’s disappearing population, he said. “State bird is free.

After a proposal re-emerged to replace the mockingbird as Florida’s state bird, Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, wants wildlife officials to ask young people what they think.