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Flamingos
Late Oligocene – Recent James's flamingos (P. jamesi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Phoenicopteriformes
Family:Phoenicopteridae
Genus:Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758Species
Global distribution of flamingos Flamingos or flamingoes /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊz/ are a type of wading bird in the familyPhoenicopteridae, the only family in the orderPhoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
Description Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other leg tucked beneath the body.
The reason for this behaviour is not fully understood. Recent research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water.
However, the behaviour also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
Young flamingos hatch with greyish reddish plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta-Carotene obtained from their food supply.
A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished.
Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild.
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