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Common Name

Andean Flamingo

Alternate Names

Common Type

Flamingo

Order

Phoenicopteriformes

Family

Phoenicopteridae

Genus

Phoenicoparrus

Species

andinus

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Location Photographed

Andean Flamingos Bolivia

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

High altitude shallow mud flats and salt pans

Distribution and Range

Peru, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia

Food

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

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Field Notes:

Social birds that live in colonies. Will rest by standing on one leg which saves them energy. Lay a single egg in a mud mound nest. Baby chicks are fed a crop milk produced by both parents in their digestive tract.

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