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In particular, flamingos have a trachea that is longer than its body length [48] with 330 cartilaginous rings. [49] As a result, they have a calculated dead space twice as high as another bird of the same size. [50] To compensate for the elongation, they usually breathe in deep, slow patterns. [38]
Young flamingos hatch with grayish-red plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta-carotene obtained from their food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored, thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished.
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. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae.
The flamingo, seen on the banks of a salt lake on Wednesday morning, is thought to have a genetic condition known as melanism. Extremely rare black flamingo spotted in Cyprus Skip to main content
Although it was initially described as one of the smallest known flamingos, later research uncovered the presence of even smaller species. According to Rich et al., Phoenicopterus minutus was in a similar size range as Xenorhynchopsis minor and Phoenicopterus stocki. They consider Phoeniconaias proeses and Leakeyornis to have been smaller. [4]
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The Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a species of large flamingo at a height of 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo and the greater flamingo, with which it was sometimes considered conspecific. [4]