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Flamingos or flamingoes [a] (/ f l ə ˈ m ɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ z /) are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean), and two species native to Afro-Eurasia. A group of flamingoes is ...
The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. Common in the Old World, they are found in Northern (coastal) and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Subcontinent (south of the Himalayas), the Middle East, the Levant, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe.
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811: widespread in Africa and southwest, south-central Eurasia Size: Habitat: Diet: LC American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758: northern Galápagos Islands and the Caribbean: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Chilean flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.
A fieldfare, a thrush native to Europe, was spotted Feb. 14 in Ashland. The sighting is the first for the species in Wisconsin. ... the American flamingo in September in Port Washington, ...
Jul. 14—Many migratory birds will come back to the same field or lake, year after year. The migratory plastic yard flamingos that frequent Centralia in the summer aren't quite so picky, but they ...
Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [7] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [8] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis: Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha Belize: Baird's tapir (national animal) Tapirus bairdii [9] Keel-billed toucan (national bird) Ramphastos sulfuratus [10] Botswana: Plains ...
Idalia likely responsible for first ever recorded sighting of a flamingo in Kentucky