These famous pink birds can be found in watery environments in many different continents. They feed on tiny shrimps – which give the birds their distinctive colour – using their specially evolved beaks to filter the crustaceans from the water.

 

Portrait of Greater Flamingo, Camargue France

Portrait of Greater Flamingo, Camargue France

Mexico, Yucatan, Celestum, Flamingo

Mexico, Yucatan, Celestum, Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor), Kenya

Lesser Flamingo, Kenya

Pink flamingo in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

Pink flamingo in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Laguna de Fuentedepiedra, Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.

Greater Flamingo, Laguna de Fuentedepiedra, Malaga province, Andalusia

Greater Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, Laguna Larga de Villacanas, Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain

Greater Flamingo, Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain

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