Chilean flamingoes weigh between 5.5 and 7.75 pounds and can grow to nearly 5 feet tall. Their plumage is pink and white, and their distinctive bent bill is black and white. They are found in ...

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 official songbird. A similar bill was filed last year, but did not pass. If ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Florida lawmakers filed a bill earlier this month to replace the mockingbird with the American flamingo as the official state bird. Republican representative ...

A pink flamingo walking along Haulover Beach in Florida on May 17, 2018. Florida lawmakers have filed a bill to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the official state bird. A pink ...

Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, filed a proposal (HB 81) that would lead to the flamingo replacing the mockingbird, which has been the state’s bird since 1927. The bill also would name the ...

Flamingo supporters also argue their bird is ... It ain't broke, so it doesn't need fixing." Mooney’s bill has yet to gain a companion in the Florida Senate. The Florida Legislature's next ...

FLORIDA, USA — A Florida lawmaker filed a bill on Friday that aims to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the official state bird. The mockingbird became Florida's state bird in 1927 ...