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Florida State Bird:

Northern Mockingbird singing - click to see all state birds
Northern mockingbird singing on mesquite branch
photo © Henry Detwiler: Southwest Birders (used by permission)

Mockingbird

mockingbird video below

The official state bird of Florida is the mockingbird. Northern Mockingbirds have extraordinary vocal abilities - they can sing up to 200 songs, including the songs of other birds, insect and amphibian sounds, even an occasional mechanical noise. The northern mockingbird is also the state bird of Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi.


Video of mockingbid singing - bird video courtesy of BirdCinema.com

Northern Mockingbird - click to see all state birds
Northern mockingbird
photo © Bob Miller: Southwest Birders (used by permission)
Source:
All About Birds: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Links:
Sound: A Brief Guide to Common Birds
State Birds - 50 states List
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