Facts about the Flamingo

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Did you Know? List of Facts about the Flamingo
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about the Flamingo, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about the Flamingo are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: The Flamingo is a large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill which inhabits brackish lakes. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is termed P. ruber and the European is P. antiquorum.

  • Fact 2 - The pink color of their feathers comes from eating pink shrimps. If these are excluded from their diet their feathers are white
  • Fact 3 - Flamingos have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken
  • Fact 4 - The name “flamingo” was derived from a Spanish and Latin word “flamenco”, meaning “fire”
  • Fact 5 - There are 6 species of flamingo
  • Fact 6 - A flamingo’s eye is larger than its brain!
  • Fact 7 - Chicks are born with gray feathers
  • Fact 8 - Flamingo stats and facts
    • Weight: 1.4-4 kg
    • Length: 3.3-4.6 feet
    • Habitat: Lakes, lagoons and swamps
    • Lifespan: 20-30 years
    • Diet: Flamingo are omnivores eating algae, insects and small fish
  • Fact 9 - The legs of a flamingo are longer than its body
  • Fact 10 - Flamingos sit by extending their legs backwards
  • Fact 11 - Flamingos are highly sociable birds and live in colonies together which protect them from predators
  • Fact 12 - The collective name for a group is a Stand or Flamboyance
  • Fact 13 - Males are called males
  • Fact 14 - Females are called females
  • Fact 15 - The names given to babies are chicks

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