Sports teams named for species

Arizona’s NFL Team’s mascot and namesake is the Northern Cardinal, which is a wonderful bird, but I do think it would be cool for them to name their team after the pyrrhuloxia. The mascot’s current beak is actually more similar to the pyrrhuloxia’s beak, plus, although NOCAs are found in AZ, the pyrrhuloxia is more specific to that region of the US.

I just saw this after posting my comment- I’m not surprised that others have noticed this

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