Florida State Flower And Bird

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Florida state flower and bird. The state also has an official bird. Florida state flower and state bird. Florida is nicknamed the sunshine state and features many official state symbols such as a state flower orange blossom animal florida panther fish atlantic sailfish and reptile american alligator. It takes an expert to distinguish between the mocker s original melodies and his imitations but some listeners have recorded as many as eighty seven.

Not only a florida favorite it is also the state bird of arkansas mississippi tennessee and texas. The northern mockingbird is the official bird of. 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. Mockingbird mimus polyglottos known from coast to coast especially where the climate is balmy mockingbirds are one of the most varied of all songsters.

Under the florida statutes all state symbols fall. Only the two oldest symbols the state flower chosen in 1909 and the state bird chosen in 1927 and the state nickname chosen in 1970 are not listed in the 2010 florida statutes. Most used the sunshine state the alligator state saltwater fish. Florida department of state phone.

Florida state bird mockingbird mimus polyglottos adopted on april 23 1927. Gray building 500 south bronough street tallahassee florida 32399 0250. 3 of the 1927 legislative session designated the mockingbird as the state bird. The following are official state symbols of the u s.

State of florida as defined by state statutes the majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950. Mockingbird flag of florida.