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Greater Flamingos - Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau
Camargue - France
Phoenicopterus ruber. Parque Nacional de Doñana. Dirt backroad into El Rocío. One of the few (semi?) publicly accessible parts or the park.
Galapagos “Isabella/Puerto Villamil and “Volcan Siera Negra” / “Sierra Negra Volcano” “Wed April 10”
We were very lucky to get an up close view of these flamingos. They feed from on brine in brackish waters. Recent housing developments near the beach have reduced the flow of brackish water in this particular area.
Isabela Island
Galapagos, Ecuador
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Pelican Point, Walvis Bay, Namibia.
The characteristic pink colouring of flamingos is from the beta carotene in their diet. The juvenile Greater Flamingo appears greyish or white when it is born and does not develop its true pink color until it is three years of age. Their bill also takes a while to develop its full color – it is yellow when the chick is first born. Greater Flamingo chicks develop quite rapidly and are able to fly at approximately three months of age. The chick will then form a group with the other chicks to keep safe from predators.
Group of birds in Laguna del Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico
Greater flamingo - Flamant rose (Phoenicopterus ruber), Phoenicopteridae