Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Supporters have argued the flamingo better reflects Florida’s identity and pairs the state with a globally recognized ...

The Florida Legislature has once again pulled out its binoculars and is scanning the skies for a new state bird. With such an impressive array of avian life, our current state bird, the northern ...

National Park Service Data Manager and Ecologist Judd Patterson photographed this flock of flamingos in Lake Ingram in 2012, a sighting that helped launch a study that eventually concluded flamingos ...

"Peaches" the flamingo wades in shallow water with a visible blue band and satellite tracker on the bird's legs. Days after Hurricane Idalia blew through Florida in August, people began sighting ...

When you land at the Tampa International Airport, you can’t miss the 21-foot flamingo. At first, I rolled my eyes; after all, flamingos are always in our face here in Florida. But recently I’ve ...