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Common Name

Greater Flamingo

Alternate Names

Common Type

Flamingo

Order

Phoenicopteriformes

Family

Phoenicopteridae

Genus

Phoenicopterus

Species

roseus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Captive Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Mudflats, shallow coastal lagoons with salt wateer.

Distribution and Range

Throughout Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and southern Europe

Food

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

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Bird

Greater Flamingo

Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Phoenicopterus

roseus

Least Concern

Captive Photographed

0

Migratory

Mudflats, shallow coastal lagoons with salt wateer.

Throughout Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and southern Europe

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

Captive Photographed

The largest of the flamingos. 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.