Flamingos are found next to or in saltly lagoons and lakes. They don't like to be disturbed. A flamingo is known for their skinny, long legs, and curved beak and neck. Most flamingos stand from 3 to 5 feet tall. The color of their feathers are light pink except for some black winged feathers.

Flamingos get their food from the water. They eat insects, algae, mollusks, and crustacean. Mollusks are shell fish. Flamingos also feed on small organisms that are found in muddy water.













Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
Flamingos are divided up into four species. One flamingo is called the Greater Flamingo which lives in Africa, Southern Asia, Europe, Southern South America, and the West Indies. Another type of flamingo is the Lesser Flamingo. This type of flamingo lives in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya and Tanzania of Africa. The other two species are Andean and James Flamingos which are rare and can be found near the highland lakes of the Andes Mountains in South America.

Once, wild flamingos lived in Southern Florida but, people killed them for their beautiful feathers faster than the birds could make babies. Would you do that? I hope not.

The American flamingo has an extremely slim rose-pink wading bird as tall as a Great Blue Heron but much more slender. It feeds with it's bill or head immersed. In flight it shows much black in the wings; its extremely long neck is extended droopily in front and the long legs trail behind, giving the impression that the bird might easily fly backward as forward. Pale washed-out birds may be escapes from zoos as the color often fades under captive conditions. Immatures are also much paler than normal adults.