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Common Name

American Flamingo

Alternate Names

Caribbean Flamingo

Common Type

Flamingo

Order

Phoenicopteriformes

Family

Phoenicopteridae

Genus

Phoenicopterus

Species

ruber

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Bahama, Captive Photographed, SCZ

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Saline lagoons, mudflats and shallow, brackish coastal or inland lakes.

Distribution and Range

Florida, Caribbean, Central America, northern South America, Galapagos Islands

Food

Filter feed on brine shrimp and blue green algae plus small insects, mollusks and crustaceans

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