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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.
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).
The Tamil Nadu State Board conducts the annual examinations for class 8th, 10th and 12th in the month of march. The board earlier conducted exams twice in a year i.e. first semester in September and second semester in march. [ 23 ]
Born in Secunderabad in 1931, Ashokamitran spent the first 20 years of his life there. [3] His real name was Jagadisa Thyagarajan. [4] He moved to Chennai in 1952 after the death of his father, following an invitation from his father's friend, the film director S.S.Vasan to come work at Vasan's Gemini Studios. [3]
Hongsa or Hansa is thought to refer to the bar-headed goose found in India (left) or a species of swan. [1]The Hongsa or Hansa (Sanskrit: हंस Hansa or hamsa) is an aquatic migratory bird, referred to in ancient Sanskrit texts which various scholars have interpreted as being based on the goose, the swan, [2] or even the flamingo.
The genus name Phoenicopterus is the Latin word for a flamingo. The specific epithet ruber is Latin meaning "red". [ 8 ] The greater flamingo ( Phoenicopterus roseus ), that is widespread in the Old World, was formerly treated as a subspecies of the American flamingo. [ 6 ]
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It is the largest flamingo in the Andes and is one of the two heaviest living flamingos alongside the taller greater flamingo. [5] Reportedly body mass of the Andean flamingo has ranged from 1.5 to 4.9 kg (3.3 to 10.8 lb), height from 1 to 1.4 m (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 7 in) and wingspan from 1.4 to 1.6 m (4 ft 7 in to 5 ft 3 in).