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Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.
Flamingo mit Sonnenbrand. Die Rosafärbung des Gefieders ist auf die Aufnahme von Carotinoiden mit der Nahrung zurückzuführen. Diese sind vor allem in planktonischen Algen enthalten. Der Flamingo-Organismus kann diese Carotinoide mit Hilfe von Enzymen in der Leber umwandeln; dabei entstehen mehrere Pigmente, vor allem Canthaxanthin, das in Haut und Federn ausgewachsener Flamingos eingelagert wird.
Phoenicopterus rube, is a large species of flamingo closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo. It is the only flamingo that naturally inhabits North America.
Interesting look from this Flamingo, he was quite vocal and interested in what was going on, a bit of a character.
A pretty looking group of Greater Flamingos at ZooTampa at Lowry Park in Tampa, Florida.
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Flamingo preening.
Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean), and two species native to Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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With their pink and crimson plumage, long legs and necks, and strongly hooked bills, flamingos cannot be mistaken for any other type of bird. These beauties have long fascinated people. An accurate cave painting of a flamingo, found in the south of Spain, dates back to 5,000 B.C.
The flamingo’s pink or reddish color comes from the rich sources of carotenoid pigments in the algae and small crustaceans the birds eat. Caribbean flamingos, a subspecies of greater flamingo, are the brightest, showing their true colors of red, pink, or orange on their legs, bills, and faces.
Flamingos live in lagoons or large, shallow lakes. These bodies of water may be quite salty or caustic, too much so for most other animals. In some lakes, their only animal “neighbors” are algae, diatoms, and small crustaceans. That works in the flamingo’s favor, as the birds dine on these small creatures!
Chilean, Andean, and puna flamingos are found in South America; greater and lesser flamingos live in Africa, with greaters also found in the Middle East; the Caribbean subspecies is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and the northernmost tip of South America.
-San Diego Zoo
Flamingo ~ Menagerie Zoo ~ Jardin Des Plantes ~ Saturday May 4th 2019.
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So in the time I had to kill between waiting for the train back to London yesterday, I decided to go to the Menagerie De Zoo ~ Jardin Des Plants, in the centre of Paris as ya do & I was rewarded by being able to capture this Flamingo.....it was a good day.:)
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