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This appearance is due to the middle joint on their legs being their ankle, not their knee. [33] Flamingos also have webbed feet that aid with swimming and they may stamp their feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom. [33] [34] Flamingos are capable flyers, and flamingos in captivity often require wing clipping to prevent escape
The largest male flamingos have been recorded to be up to 187 cm (74 in) tall and to weigh 4.5 kg (9.9 lb). [ 6 ] Most of the plumage is pinkish-white, but the wing coverts are red and the primary and secondary flight feathers are black. The bill is pink with a restricted black tip, and the legs are entirely pink. The call is a goose-like honking.
The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo, and was formerly considered conspecific with the greater flamingo, but that treatment is ...
Thanks to researchers from Emory University and Georgia Tech, we now know how Flamingos stand steady on just one leg.
James's flamingos have a very long neck made up of 19 long cervical vertebrae, allowing for a large range of movement and rotation of the head. [9] They are also distinctive for their long, thin legs. The knee is not externally visible: it is located at the top of the leg.
The Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) is a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in genus Phoenicopterus. [3] It is closely related to James's flamingo, and the two make up the genus Phoenicoparrus. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James' flamingo are all sympatric ...
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Species. †Juncitarsus gracillimus Olson & Feduccia, 1980. †Juncitarsus merkeli Peters, 1987. Juncitarsus is an extinct genus of wading birds from the Eocene of the United States and Germany. Though previously considered a flamingo, it is likely a stem-flamingo, possibly a relative of the group which contains both flamingos and grebes ...