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  2. Flamingo - Wikipedia

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    The greater flamingo is the tallest of the six different species of flamingos, standing at 3.9 to 4.7 feet (1.2 to 1.4 m) with a weight up to 7.7 pounds (3.5 kg), and the shortest flamingo species (the lesser) has a height of 2.6 feet (0.8 m) and weighs 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg).

  3. American flamingo - Wikipedia

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    The American flamingo has been observed in a temperature niche between 17.8–35.2 °C (64.0–95.4 °F). [52] In order to prevent water loss through evaporation when temperatures are elevated the flamingo will employ hyperthermia as a nonevaporative heat loss method keeping its body temperature between 40–42 °C (104–108 °F). [46]

  4. Phoenicopteriformes - Wikipedia

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    Phoenicopteriformes / f iː n ɪ ˈ k ɒ p t ə r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes (Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes. [1]

  5. Same-sex foster parents raising flamingo chick at San ... - AOL

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    Lesser flamingos grow to be 2.6-2.9 feet tall and grow to weigh 3.3 to 4.4 pounds, according to the zoo. At hatching, a chick is about the size of a tennis ball and has gray down feathers instead ...

  6. List of birds of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Flamingoes 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 adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down. American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber (A)

  7. Tiny Baby Flamingo Getting Groomed at San Antonio Zoo Is ...

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    Baby flamingoes are fed crop milk, a regurgitated liquid produced by both mother and father flamingo. Due to the bird’s diet, this liquid is a shocking blood-red and can look very disturbing to ...

  8. List of birds of the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia

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    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. American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ...

  9. A same-sex flamingo pair are raising a newborn chick ... - AOL

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    Two male Chilean flamingos have successfully hatched an egg together in a rare first for a UK zoo. But how the flamingo dads got the egg is still unclear. A same-sex flamingo pair are raising a ...