Florida State Bird Facts

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Florida state bird facts. The common mockingbird mimus polyglottos is a superb songbird and mimic. Under the florida statutes all state symbols fall. It can survive in a wide variety of habitats. 3 on april 23 1927 as lawmakers cited the mockingbird s ability to delight the hearts of visitors and residents due to its vocal skills.
Gray building 500 south bronough street tallahassee florida 32399 0250. Florida state bird mockingbird mimus polyglottos adopted on april 23 1927. The songbird is found across north america. Its own song has a pleasant lilting sound and is at times both varied and repetitive.
The bird has extraordinary vocal abilities. State bird the northern mockingbird is the state bird of arkansas 56 florida 57 mississippi 58 tennessee 59 and texas 60 and previously the state bird of south carolina. The commoncry or call of this bird is a very mournful note resembling that utteredon similar occasions by its first cousin the orpheus rufus or as it iscommonly called the french mocking bird when travelling this flight is only a little prolonged as the bird goes from tree to tree or at most across a field scarcely if ever rising. Florida state bird mockingbird.
The northern mockingbird is the official bird of florida. 3 which states that the melody of its music has delighted the heart of residents and visitors to florida from the days of the rugged pioneer to the present comer. The northern mockingbird is also the state bird of texas arkansas tennessee and mississippi. The bird is well known throughout the us and.
It can sing songs for hours and mimic the songs and calls of other birds. Florida department of state phone. State of florida as defined by state statutes the majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950. In 1927 the mockingbird was designated as the official state bird of florida.
Often the mockingbird sings all night long especially under bright springtime moonlight. The following are official state symbols of the u s. The mockingbird mimus polyglottos was adopted as the official state bird of florida on april 23 1927 by florida senate concurrent resolution no. The bird was given official status by the florida senate concurrent resolution no.
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