"Pelican State" is the nickname of the state of Louisiana. Louisiana's official state bird, the brown pelican, is native there.
The Brown Pelican State.
Louisiana is called The Pelican State because that is the states bird
Louisiana is the only state to have the Brown Pelican as its state bird.
The Pelican State, and also Sportsman's Paradise.
Tennessee is nicknamed the Volunteer State!
Georgia is nicknamed the Peach State.
Pelican Bay State Prison was created in 1989.
Utah wich is also nicknamed the Mormon state.
Florida is nicknamed the Sunshine State.
The state bird of Louisiana is the Eastern Brown Pelican, adopted in 1966.
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