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Dozens of bird species will have their English names changed in an attempt to avoid associations with “historic bias” and exclusionary practices.. The American Ornithological Society (AOS ...
A Wilson's warbler bird in Alaska. The American Ornithological Society said it is trying to address years of controversy over a list of bird names that include human names deemed offensive.
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
Another attempt to conserve the bird is an ongoing campaign to name the Florida scrub jay as the new state bird of Florida. The main argument for changing the state bird is that the current state bird (viz. the northern mockingbird) is the state bird of several other states, while the scrub jay is exclusive to Florida.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Florida. This list of birds of Florida includes species documented in the U.S. state of Florida and accepted by the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC). As of November 2022, there were 539 species included in the official list. [1]
File:Coastredwood.jpg California Redwood, California's state tree. Mountain Bluebird, Idaho's and Nevada's state bird. Peony, Indiana's state flower. Red Pine, Minnesota's state tree. Baltimore Oriole, Maryland's state bird. File:Lewisia rediviva pursch.jpg Bitterroot, Montana's state flower. Cottonwood, Kansas's and Nebraska's state tree.
List of dams and reservoirs; List of reservoirs in the United Kingdom by volume. Geography of the United Kingdom; List of lakes in England; List of loughs in Ireland; List of lochs in Scotland; List of lakes in Wales; List of rivers of the United Kingdom; Waterways in the United Kingdom
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Florida. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).