Tall, long-legged filter-feeding wading birds. There are six species: four in the Americas and the Caribbean, and two in Africa and Eurasia.
Quick answers
What is it?Bird
Carnivore?Omnivore
Dangerous?No
Domesticated?No
Awake when?Daytime
Hibernates?No
Kept as a pet?No
Do people eat it?No
At a glance
Found inAfrica, South America, Europe, North America, Asia
HabitatWetland, Coast
ColoursPink
SizeLarge
Length1.2–1.45 m (American flamingo)
Weight2.1–4.1 kg (American flamingo)
Legs2
Covered inFeathers
Lives inflocks
Lives for20–30 years
Can fly
Can swim
Lays eggs
In the wild
- Where it lives
- The Americas and the Caribbean (four species), and Africa, Europe and Asia (two species).
- What it eats
- Filter-feeds on brine shrimp, cyanobacteria, insect larvae, molluscs and crustaceans.
Did you know
Born grey. The pink comes entirely from what they eat.
Flamingos usually stand on one leg, and nobody fully knows why.
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