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If passed, Mooney's bill will take effect on July 1, and the flamingo will become Florida's state bird.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
The scrub jay and pink flamingo should have been our state birds for years now.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
No, the American Robin was chosen as Michigan's state bird in 1931 after being favored by the Michigan Audubon Society.
—Jeanine Santucci, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
In recent years, lawmakers have introduced another potential contender for state bird, the American Flamingo, but those efforts also failed.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
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“State bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20bird. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
state bird
noun
: a bird selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of a state of the U.S.
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