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What is the State Bird of Florida?

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Florida is one of America’s great avian hot spots, renowned for its impressive bird diversity. This common bird is also the state bird for Arkansas, Texas (another avian hot spot), Tennessee, and Mississippi, so Florida even misses points for originality. Did they choose the delicately pink Roseate Spoonbill?

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What is the State Bird of Colorado?

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Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. During the summer breeding months, Lark Bunting males – a sparrow species – are jet black, their white wings contrasting beautifully with the dark bodies.

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