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  2. Flamingo - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Crop milk - Wikipedia

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    Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of the crop of parent birds in some species that is regurgitated to young birds. It is found among all pigeons and doves where it is also referred to as pigeon milk. Crop milk is also secreted from the crop of flamingos and the male emperor penguin, [1] [2] [3] suggesting independent evolution of this ...

  4. Chilean flamingo - Wikipedia

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    Upon hatching, the chicks have gray plumage; they do not gain the typical pink adult coloration for 2–3 years. Both male and female flamingos can produce a nutritious fluid from glands in their crop to feed their young. Due to their diet, this crop milk is crimson in color. [6]

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

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    The flamingos did such a good job caring for their fake egg that the wildlife specialists decided to give them a real, fertile egg. The foster dads have been feeding the chick crop "milk, " which ...

  6. American flamingo - Wikipedia

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    Factors which affect the habitat choice of American flamingos are environmental temperatures, water depth, food source, accessibility of an area, and the presence of vegetation beds in feeding areas. If available food items do not meet the needs of the flamingos or the temperature is not appropriate to their requirements, they move to a better ...

  7. Andean flamingo - Wikipedia

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    The flamingos feed from the bottom layer of the lake for small particles, mainly diatoms. [10] They have a deep-keeled bill; the upper mandible is narrower than the lower, creating a gape on the dorsal surface of the bill. [11] The bill morphology facilitates feeding of diatoms through inertial impaction.

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

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    Flamingos often have non-breeding partnerships that consist of same-sex associations, according to a June 2020 study led by Rose. The birds tend to be “very particular in who they like to spend ...

  9. Flamingos are making a comeback. Should we make them the ...

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    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 ...