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Greater flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
39.1125, 26.176
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Description:
The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, and in southern Europe
Habitat:
The greater flamingo resides in mudflats and shallow coastal lagoons with salt water. Using its feet, the bird stirs up the mud, then sucks water through its bill and filters out small shrimp, seeds, blue-green algae, microscopic organisms, and mollusks. The greater flamingo feeds with its head down, and its upper jaw is movable and not rigidly fixed to its skull.[9]
Like all flamingos, this species lays a single chalky-white egg on a mud mound.
Reference Links:
Greater flamingo - Wikipedia
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PublishedAugust 16, 2019
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