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Die Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) sind die einzige Familie innerhalb der Ordnung der Phoenicopteriformes. Sie kommen in Süd-, Mittel- und Nordamerika sowie Europa, Afrika und Südwestasien vor. Der einzige Vertreter der Ordnung, dessen natürliches Verbreitungsgebiet sich auch auf Europa erstreckt, ist der Rosaflamingo. Er kommt an der Atlantikküste Spaniens und Portugals sowie entlang des Küstenbereichs des Mittelmeers sowie auf einigen Mittelmeerinseln vor.
Unterschiedliche Auffassungen in der Wissenschaft führen zu einer Einteilung der Flamingos in fünf oder sechs Arten. Ihre gemeinsamen Merkmale sind das mehr oder weniger intensiv rosafarbene Gefieder sowie der hochspezialisierte Schnabel (Seihschnabel) und der Zungenapparat. Der Rand des Schnabels weist eine Lamellenstruktur auf, die zusammen mit der Zunge einen Filterapparat bildet, mit dem Flamingos Plankton aus dem Wasser filtrierenkönnen.
Seit den 1980er Jahren werden Flamingos auch im Norden Frankreichs, in den Niederlanden, Dänemark und Deutschland beobachtet. Bei den gesichteten Chile- und Kubaflamingos handelt es sich eindeutig um Gefangenschaftsflüchtlinge. Die Herkunft der sich ebenfalls in diesen Region aufhaltenden Rosaflamingos ist unklar. Da wilde Rosaflamingos aber nur sehr selten mehr als 500 Kilometer nördlich der Mittelmeerküste beobachtet werden, scheint es sicher, dass es sich ursprünglich ebenfalls um Gefangenschaftsflüchtlinge handelte. Im Zwillbrocker Venn, einem Feuchtgebiet an der deutsch-niederländischen Grenze, gibt es eine kleine Brutkolonie mit Rosa- und Chileflamingos, die die nördlichste Flamingo-Kolonie der Welt darstellt. Sie zählte im Jahr 2012 zwölf Brutpaare
Phoenicopteridae is a wading bird familyincluding flamingos and their close extinct relatives.
Flamingos and their relatives are well attested in the fossil record, with the first unequivocal member of the Phoenicopteridae, Elornisknown from the late Eocene epoch. A considerable number of little-known birds from the Late Cretaceous onwards are sometimes considered to be flamingo ancestors. These include the genera Torotix, Scaniornis, Gallornis, Agnopterus, Tiliornis, Juncitarsus, and Kashinia; these show a mix of characters and are fairly plesiomorphic in comparison to modern birds. (The supposed "Cretaceous flamingo" Parascaniornis is actually a synonym of Baptornis and not a close relative to any living bird.) An extinct family of peculiar "swimming flamingos", the Palaelodidae, are believed to be related to, or to be the ancestors of, the modern flamingos. This is sometimes rejected, since the fossil Elornis is known to be from some time before any palaelodid flamingos have been recorded.
Flamingos or flamingoes[1] /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊz/ are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. Four flamingo species are distributed throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean, and two species are native to Africa, Asia, and Europe.
The name "flamingo" comes from Portuguese or Spanish flamengo, "flame-colored", in turn coming from Provençal flamenc from flama "flame" and Germanic-like suffix -ing, with a possible influence of words like "Fleming". A similar etymology has the Latinate Greek term phoenicopterus (from Greek: φοινικόπτερος phoinikopteros), literally "blood red-feathered"
Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae as well as larva, small insects, mollusks and crustaceans making them omnivores. Their bills are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae, which line the mandibles, and the large, rough-surfaced tongue. The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoids in their diet of animal and plant plankton. American flamingos are a brighter red color because of the beta carotene availability in their food while the lesser flamingos are a paler pink due to ingesting a smaller amount of this pigment (39). These carotenoids are broken down into pigments by liver enzymes.[22] The source of this varies by species, and affects the saturation of color. Flamingos whose sole diet is blue-green algae are darker in color compared to those which get it second-hand (e.g. from animals that have digested blue-green algae)
Photo taken with a Minolta MC Rokkor 300mm F4.5 with a Minolta Teleconverter x2 and a Sony A6000. The flamingo was at 50m I liked the light reflection and reduced clarity and contrast to get this pastel tones.
One flamingo cleans itself while others grab a nap with there heads stuck in there feathers. The plumage is really striking
Orange abstract background of Flamingos
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Taken at Paignton Zoo, Devon
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Getting more artsy as I work on my monochrome animal portrait series.
This flamingo shot was taken a few years back at the Toronto Zoo.
The distinctive pink flamingo color develops thanks to their selective diet, which primarily consists of organisms — such as shrimp and algae
It was like a dance
each flamingo moving slowly
with each little wave they create
as the sun was on fire that day
with glowing eyes that make you stare back
Jaimie Wylie Photography
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A pair of flamingos wet their whistle at Chester Zoo, UK.
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