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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
In May, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto called on the wildlife agency to renew efforts to designate a state bird that is unique to Florida.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
The name originated from a company of Alabama soldiers who wore uniforms trimmed with bright yellow cloth, resembling what is now Alabama’s official state bird: the Yellowhammer woodpecker.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
Many people know that the badger is Wisconsin's state animal, the robin is our state bird, and milk is our state beverage.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
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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 14 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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