Flamingo

Flamingos 

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A flamingo is a pink coloured bird that survives on an omnivore diet, which means they eat both plants and meat.

Their vibrancy and type of colour can actually depend on the foods they eat. They obtain their pink colour by eating an organic pigment called carotenoid, in which they get from eating brine shrimp.

They can measure anything between 36 and 50 inches with a wingspan of 60 inches. An average flamingo also weighs around 8.75 pounds. Their scientific name is Phoenicopterus roseus.

Facts about flamingo

• Adult flamingos are around four to five feet tall.

• Flamingos congregate around mudflats found in lagoons, so they can find shallow saltwater prey.

• Flamingos feed by stirring up mud with their feet, their beaks are designed to fish out any animals out of the mud.

• If a flamingos diet isn't sufficient e.g. they don't get enough plankton or shrimp they can actually turn white!

• The feathers underneath their wings are actually black!

• Flamingos flock in groups of hundreds of birds.

• Flamingos steal nests, so they have to be well guarded.

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• When a flamingo chick has hatched both parents take it in turns to feed them with a special fluid produced from their throat that's called 'crop milk'.