Will the mockingbird finally get replaced as Florida's official state bird? A bill to raise up the leggy pink flamingo soared ...

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

Lawmakers are trying again to designate the flamingo as the state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state song bird.

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

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

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 ...

Other landlocked states also witnessed rare sightings of the bright pink wading bird after Hurricane Idalia Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

Flamingos feed and preen in Estero Bay Preserve State Park in Florida in September. Andrew West The News-Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s ...

OHIO KEY, Fla. — For the last few weeks, people all over Florida have been treated to a rare sight: pink flamingos in the wild. The rose-colored birds have recently been spotted in the Everglades and ...