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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 .
They may reach sexual maturity between 3 and 6 years of age, though usually they do not reproduce until they are 6 years old. Their life expectancy of 40 years is one of the longest in birds. Adult American flamingos are smaller on average than greater flamingos, but are the largest flamingos in the Americas. They measure from 120 to 145 cm (47 ...
The largest male flamingos have been recorded to be up to 187 cm (74 in) tall and to weigh 4.5 kg (9.9 lb). [6] Most of the plumage is pinkish-white, but the wing coverts are red and the primary and secondary flight feathers are black. The bill is pink with a restricted black tip, and the legs are entirely pink. The call is a goose-like honking.
Idalia likely responsible for first ever recorded sighting of a flamingo in Kentucky
The flamingos are nomadic and tend to choose their habitat based on abundance of food and the waters characteristics. [7] Some water characteristics that attracted Phoenicoparrus jamesi were a higher pH, abundance of cyanobacteria and diatoms, and a medium temperature.
Flamingos are normally found throughout the Caribbean, the Yucatan peninsula and northern South America. However, birds can be blown hundreds of miles off course by storms, a boon for bird ...
Anyways, flamingos can fly about 600 kilometers, or 373 miles, in one night. As for migrating, flamingos are generally non-migrating bird, but will migrate when required, they do so mainly at night (Sources: ) ~Super Hamster Talk Contribs 03:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
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