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
Mexico, Yucatan, Celestum, Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo, Kenya
Pink flamingo in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America
Greater Flamingo, Laguna de Fuentedepiedra, Malaga province, Andalusia
Greater Flamingo, Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
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