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Located in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong, Kowloon Park is a peaceful, green oasis right in the heart of this incredibly busy part of the city. It covers an area of just under 33 acres, with a varied landscape connected by pathways snaking through preened shrubs and ancient banyan trees. A flock of about 40 to 50 flamingos (greater and lesser admixed) like to gather at the shallow of the Bird Lake.
Flamingo diet largely consists of crustaceans and algae, which are rich in carotenoids. This pigment gives flamingos the hot pink or reddish coloration they are known for.
Greater flamingos-Phoenicopterus roseus caught at sunset, when they leave their colony towards their night feeding marsh.
Breeding birds fly into and out of the colony at dawn and dusk, either to relieve the incubating partner or to feed the young, and some feeding activity takes place throughout the day.
The non-breeding birds, which are not constrained to visit the colony, feed almost exclusively at night and roost during the daytime. In the evening at sunset these birds fly 1-5 km (0.5-3 miles) to lagoons with a higher salinity. where a specific brine shrimp species is the only prey available. The reason for the night feeding is thought to hang together with the increased activity of the shrimp at night.
For more information, please consult "The daily cycle of feeding activity of the Greater Flamingo", by Robert H. Britton
I spotted this bird in the waterhole as I was walking up towards the Abrahamskraal hide and just hoped it would stay! In the end it hung around for the whole time I was there - so excited to get close to a Greater Flamingo even if the light was a bit tricky. Not really where I expected to see one, although there were quite a few at the nearby lagoon.
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Photo by Charlotte Blanchet – Lotus Blanc
Flock of Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)
@ Outskirts of Dwarka, Gujarat, India
27/12/2016
Canon EOS 7D + 55-250mm
A flock of Greater Flamingo seen during the Kilimanjaro Safaris tour in Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando Florida U.S.A. These are the largest species of Flamingo.
Conservation status: Least concern
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This greater flamingo was released into the BirdLife Malta reserve at Ghadira and has stayed put since. This is a wise strategy as it is one of four flamingos shot by local trophy hunters. The other three were so badly injured that they had to be euthanised. Reserve staff told me that the hunters were using shot the size of chickpeas so they must have been targeting larger birds.
This is the largest species of flamingo, averaging 110–150 cm (43–59 in) tall and weighing 2–4 kg (4.4–8.8 lb). The largest male flamingos have been recorded at up to 187 cm (74 in) tall and 4.5 kg (9.9 lb).[2] It is closely related to the American flamingo and Chilean flamingo, with which it has sometimes been considered conspecific.
I only wish they would keep their heads out of the water more,
but eating is serious business I guess
Phoenicopterus roseus, largest and most widespread species of flamingos shot at the Kumbhargaon bird sanctuary.
Yes, he really was this colour. They were surprisingly fast and agile for such a big bird. I have seen these at Martin Mere, but its the first time I have seen a wild flock. I would estimate about 100 of these spread across several lakes. Most of the time they had their heads in the water feeding but then several would take off without warning. I always seemed to be at the wrong lake when this happended lol.