Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The flamingo has taken one big elegant step toward becoming Florida's official state bird. No, it isn't already, even though it's ...

Could the flamingo at long last finally become Florida's state bird? It could be a huge shock, especially to those people who thought it already was. The actual state bird, for the last 100 years or ...

Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn’t immediately clear ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A bill that would designate the flamingo as Florida’s state bird breezed through the House of Representatives on Wednesday. In a near-unanimous vote, the House passed HB-11, ...

Jim Mooney has launched a high-wattage campaign to elevate the flamingo to Florida’s state bird. The Republican has handed out flamingo lapel pins and 11-by-16 prints of flamingo artwork to his 119 ...

The Florida House has passed a bill to make the American flamingo the official state bird. Florida's current state bird, the mockingbird, is also the state bird for 4 other states. The bill also ...