Two bills in Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

Some flamingos follow the leader. Others follow Tommy. This flamingo had one mission, and it wasn’t birdwatching—it was Tommy-watching. As the staff guided a bunch of flamingos through the dark, one ...

A flamingo was spotted on Cape Cod, a very rare and possibly unprecedented bird sighting for Massachusetts. If the bird is found to be wild, it would be the first American flamingo ever confirmed ...

Shrimplike crustaceans are responsible for the flamingo's pink color. The birds pale in captivity unless their diet is supplemented. Greater flamingos live and feed in groups called flocks or ...

It’s also the state bird for four other states: Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. On the House side, Rep. James ...

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

The big, beautiful Andean flamingo is one of three flamingo species native to the Andes. A relatively long-lived bird, this flamingo can travel vast distances — from 200 to more than 700 miles in a ...

Florida lawmakers are considering bills to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird and the scrub-jay as the state songbird. The flamingo is seen as a unique symbol of Florida ...

Most people in and out of the state (who weren't trivia buffs) would probably be surprised to find out the flamingo wasn't Florida's official state bird. It certainly seems like it. "We often say ...

Ileana Garcia, R-Miami-Dade, and HB 81 from Reps Jim Mooney, R-Islamorda and Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, would designate the pink-feathered American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) as the ...