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Pink Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Photo by lmdang
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Field Notes

Description:

The flamingo gets its pink colour from eating plankton.

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Flamingo

Species ID Suggestions

Chilean Flamingo (Greater?)

Phoenicopterus chilensis
KathleenMcEachern
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American Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber
KathleenMcEachern
1

Flamingo

Phoenicopterus or Phoenicoparrus

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HeatherMiller
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Comments (4)
lmdang
Thanks for the suggestions to narrow it down, birdlady and heather. Thanks for the compliment, alice
alicelongmartin
A group of Flamingos is harder to see than one like this! Beautiful!
KathleenMcEachern
Sorry! I see that the spotting was on the Galapagos Islands so it was more likely an American Flamingo or Phoenicopterus ruber by the look of the wiki page!
HeatherMiller
There are 12 principal flight feathers located on each wing. These black feathers are visible when the wings are extended. http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/flamingos/fphysical.html

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