The Kingfisher’s new costume was revealed Thursday, one month after students voted in favor of a referendum to adopt an ...

The University has not had a mascot since the removal of Chief Illiniwek in 2007. Students are pushing for the kingfisher to ...

This last Thursday an event was held at Siebel Center for Design in which the new suit for unofficial University of Illinois ...

(WCIA) — There’s a mascot movement catching flight at the University of Illinois. A group of students ... “The female Belted Kingfisher, as we like to say, is naturally true to the orange ...

Illinois had a mascot for over 80 years, Chief Illiniwek, before disbanding the practice and “retiring” its mascot in 2007.

Last month, the Illinois student body overwhelmingly voted in favor of adopting the belted kingfisher - a bird with blue and orange colors that is native to the state - as a new mascot.