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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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]

  4. 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 .

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

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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. 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 ...

  7. U.K. Zoo Celebrates Same-Sex Flamingo Couple After ... - AOL

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    When the Flamingos eat the brine shrimp, their body metabolizes the shrimp, and the pigments turn their feathers pink. Many people think Flamingo's knees bend backward, but the zoo says that we're ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Precociality and altriciality - Wikipedia

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    Altricial birds are less able to contribute nutrients in the pre-natal stage; their eggs are smaller and their young are still in need of much attention and protection from predators. This may be related to r/K selection; however, this association fails in some cases. [18] In birds, altricial young usually grow faster than precocial young.