State lawmakers resist attempts to dethrone Florida's mockingbird as state bird for fourth year, despite new proposals for ...

Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) in Miami, replaces the state's current state bird, the northern ...

Two bills in 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 ...

SB 880, filed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) Miami, has cleared a hurdle in the Senate. It is asking the state to designate the American Flamingo as the official state bird, replacing it with the ...

The 25-year-old endangered bird was a fixture of Buena Lago neighborhood under construction outside St. Cloud.

It might seem strange, but those flocks of shorebirds and seabirds you see on Northeast Florida’s beaches actually prefer not ...

Picture this: a tiny bird, no bigger than a teacup, once on the verge of disappearing forever, now chirping with hope again ...

A showdown is brewing over which bird should get top billing. The northern mockingbird migrated to Florida like many residents. The bird is known for mimicking the calls of other birds.

and the Florida scrub jay would be the official state songbird. Currently, the state bird is the northern mockingbird, designated almost 100 years ago in 1927. It’s not the first time lawmakers ...

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 ...