After several failed attempts over the years to change Florida's state bird, a legislator is taking another crack at ...

Republican Representative Jim Mooney filed House Bill 81 on Jan. 3 proposing to make the American flamingo the state bird, ...

A bill has been filed to change Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the flamingo and make the scrub jay the state’s ...

A state representative wants to replace Florida's state bird, despite his last attempt to replace it failing less than one year ago.

Florida's Rep. Jim Mooney has filed a proposal to make the American flamingo the official state bird, unseating the mockingbird, which is the current state bird. The change would be official on Jul. 1 ...

The South Florida representative wants to declare two new state birds instead: The American Flamingo and the scrub-jay.

A state representative from the Florida Keys has filed a bill to make the American flamingo Florida's official state bird.

Mooney on Friday filed legislation ( HB 81) for the 2025 legislative session to make the American flamingo the official state ...

Florida lawmakers are considering replacing the mockingbird as the state bird with the flamingo, reigniting a debate about ...

For the state's 2024 legislative session, Mooney filed a bill on Dec. 6, 2023 with the same purpose of replacing the ...

Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas also claim the mockingbird as state bird. In fact, the anti-mockingbirders point out, both the scrub jay and flamingo are native Floridians.