The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission considers the flamingo to be native to Florida, and the bird has cultural ties to the state, as indicated in the 21-foot-tall flamingo statue ...

An average adult flamingo is five feet tall and weighs between four to eight pounds, the zoo said. The birds are “rare to see even on the very southern tip of Florida,” Faherty said.

Flamingos (like penguins) are monogamous birds. The females lay only a single egg each year, if anything happens to that egg which results in it no hatching, flamingos don’t typically lay a ...