A Flamingo eats brine shrimp and blue green algae, plants at thebottom of a river or pond and other little fish and creatures onthe sand bed floor. The flamingos feathers are pink because brineshrimp bare reddish orangey colour. A flamingo will sooner then beeaten by ferel pigs and other large animals. Hope that helps.:D
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What type of food do flamingos eat?
Flamingos eat lots of shrimp, which is why they turn pink Read More
Do the color pink on flamingos help them?
They're pink because of the food they eat. Read More
What is the only food of a pink flamingo?
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flamingos take the color of what they eat. They eat pink shrimp Read More
Why are dolphins pink?
Pink Dolphins are Pink because of the Water they swim in and the food they eat. Basically they are Pink for the same reason flamingos are Pink. Read More
Why are flamingos pink in the wild?
Flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp, which contains carotene and makes the flamingos appear to be pink. Read More
What is the duration of Pink Flamingos?
The duration of Pink Flamingos is 1.53 hours. Read More
What is a food chain with flamingos in it?
Sun-->plants-->molusks-->flamingos-->Bacteria :) Read More
What colors are flamingos?
What is the different from a white flamingos and hot pink flamingos?
White flamingos are just babys, but when they eat shrimp they will get pink. Read More
Where do flamingos fit in the food chain?
they are above algae,brie shrimp,plankton Read More
Are flamingos pink because of an acquired trait?
no because of the food they eat (pink shrimp) gives them that hot pinkish color Read More
When was Pink Flamingos released?
Pink Flamingos was released on 04/11/1997. Read More
What was the Production Budget for Pink Flamingos?
The Production Budget for Pink Flamingos was $12,000. Read More
When was Pink Flamingos created?
Pink Flamingos was created on 1972-03-17. Read More
Are both female and male flamingos pink?
yes the color is because of the food they eat. Read More
What flamingos eat as a food chain?
i'm not sure but base on my studies flamingos eat only the algae.. .. .. ..hope my answer help u :D :'( Read More
Why do flamingos have pink feathers?
Flamingos have pink feathers because they eat shrimp. The shrimp dies their feathers pink. Read More
Are all flamingos pink?
yes flamingos are all pink you should know by now Read More
Why are flamingos not naturally pink?
actually flamingos ARE pink its because of how much shrimp they eat Read More
Are pink flamingos vertebras?
Pink Flamingos are whatever they want themselves to be. They are in control of their lives. Read More
Why are flamingos beautiful?
Flamingo's are pretty because they have awesome pink feathers. They get the awesome pink feathers from the color of the food they eat. :D Read More
Why can't cats be pink like flamingos?
Flamingos are pink because they eat pink shrimp. Cats aren't pink because they eat catfood,mice,birds, and even rabbits. Those food don't change the fur of the cat. If god wanted cats to be pink then we would get pink cats but for now deal with colors! Read More
Why arn't flamingos blue?
Flamingos are basically white and their pink color comes from the quantity of shrimp that they eat. If their main food was blue, they might have blue coloring. Read More
How much money did Pink Flamingos gross worldwide?
Pink Flamingos grossed $413,802 worldwide. Read More
Why do shrimp make flamingos pink?
The reason shrimp make Flamingos pink is from their pigment themselves Read More
Does bacteria give flamingos their pink color?
No , flamingos eat shrimp and that makes them pink Read More
Why are some animals pink?
Some animals, like flamingos, are pink because of the colour of their food. However prawns and shrimp are pink because of natural pigments in their skin. Read More
What do flamingos eat to make them pink?
it is shrimp since shrimp is pink and also other pink pigments . flamingos are born white!! Read More
How much money did Pink Flamingos gross domestically?
Pink Flamingos grossed $413,802 in the domestic market. Read More
Where can pink flamingos be found in the British Virgin Islands?
flamingos are pink because they eat a lot of shrimp Read More
How are swans and flamingos different?
Can you show me a flamingo food chain?
A Flamingo feeds on Brine shrimp and blue-green algae, the flamingo had pink feathers because of it's diet, the shrimp. Flamingos will then be eaten by bigger predators like wild dogs and ferel pigs. Read More
What animals are born pink?
Why are flamingos the only pink animal?
Something about the way they digest food, the color comes from proteins found in their diets. Well fed healthy flamingos will be brighter, and the paler ones are malnourished. Read More
Why is a pink flamingo pink?
Flamingos are pink because of small bacteria that live in water which the Flamingos eat. Baby Flamingos are grey and gain their colour later on. Not bacteria. It's a substance in the algae and tiny shrimp that they feed on which gives them the pink color. Read More
What are flamingos?
Why do flamingos have pink fur?
The flamingos feathers are pink because the eat shrimp the more shrimp they eat the darker ther feathers are. Read More
Are pink flamingos a joke or a good thing to put in your yard?
well, when i was little, i thought pink flamingos were real. but, it's nice. Read More
What do chilean flamingos eat?
chilean flamingos usually eat pink shrimps like all other flamingos! Read More
When do flamingo turn pink?
Why do flamingos get pink?
they eat a type of crab that makes them pink Read More
Can you please tell me about flamingos?
flamingos are baseically pink and can stand on one leg for hours... they have wings, two legs and eat fish i think ... hope this helps! Also, flamingos are born white and turn pink later in life. If you are familiar with plastic flamingos from a site called plastic-flamingos.com, you can learn more about flamingos and see how they look. Flamingos turn pink because of all the shrimp they eat. Read More
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What level is a pink headed duck on a food chain?
How do pink flamingos protect themselves?
Pink Flamingos protect themselves by pecking predators with their beaks in a fast jerk like motion. Flamingos also stay in large groups to avoid and confuse predators. Read More
Are pink flamingos dangerous?
What do pink flamingos get eaten by?
What birds are pink?
Flamingos are pink because they eat crustacean's shrimp Read More
Do pink flamingos keep crows away?
Why are flamingos pink and white?
the shrimp that they eat makes them turn pink Read More
What will happen if there are no more pink dolphins in the world?
Lesser flamingo | |
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At Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
Genus: | Phoenicoparrus |
Species: | |
Binomial name | |
Phoenicoparrus minor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798 | |
Synonyms | |
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The lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-SaharanAfrica, with another population in India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants. It was moved from the genus Phoeniconaias to Phoenicoparrus in 2014.[4]
Characteristics[edit]
The lesser flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo, though it is a tall and large bird by most standards. The species can weigh from 1.2 to 2.7 kg (2.6 to 6.0 lb).[5] The standing height is around 80 to 90 cm (31 to 35 in).[6][7] The total length (from beak to tail) and wingspan are in the same range of measurements, from 90 to 105 cm (35 to 41 in).[6][8] Most of the plumage is pinkish white. The clearest difference between this species and the greater flamingo, the only other Old World species of flamingo, is the much more extensive black on the bill. Size is less helpful unless the species are together, since the sexes of each species also differ in height.
The lesser flamingo may be the most numerous species of flamingo, with a population that (at its peak) probably numbered up to two million individual birds. This species feeds primarily on Spirulina, algae which grow only in very alkaline lakes. Presence of flamingo groups near water bodies is indication of sodic alkaline water which is not suitable for irrigation use. Although blue-green in colour, the algae contain the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their pink colour. Their deep bill is specialised for filtering tiny food items.
Lesser flamingos are prey to a variety of species, including marabou storks, baboons, African fish eagles, wildcats, and African golden wolves.
Breeding[edit]
Eggs, Muséum de Toulouse
In Africa, where they are most numerous, the lesser flamingos breed principally on the highly causticLake Natron in northern Tanzania. Their other African breeding sites are at Etosha Pan, Sua Pan, and Kamfers Dam. The last confirmed breeding at Aftout es Saheli in coastal Mauritania was in 1965. Breeding occurred at Lake Magadi in Kenya in 1962 when Lake Natron was unsuitable due to flooding. In the early 20th century, breeding was also observed at Lake Nakuru.[9]
The species also breeds in southwestern and southern Asia. In 1974, they bred at the Rann of Kutch, but since then, only at the Zinzuwadia and Purabcheriasalt pans in northwestern India.[9] Some movement of individuals occurs between Africa and India.[10]
Like all flamingos, they lay a single chalky-white egg on a mound they build of mud. Chicks join creches soon after hatching, sometimes numbering over 100,000 individuals. The creches are marshalled by a few adult birds that lead them by foot to fresh water, a journey that can reach over 20 mi (32 km).
Conservation[edit]
Despite being the most numerous species of flamingo, it is classified as near threatened due to its declining population and the low number of breeding sites, some of which are threatened by human activities.[11][11]
The population in the two key east African lakes, Nakuru and Bogoria, have been adversely affected in recent years by suspected heavy metalpoisoning, while its primary African breeding area in Lake Natron is currently under threat by a proposed soda ash plant by Tata Chemicals.[12] The only breeding site in South Africa, situated at Kamfers Dam, is threatened by pollution and encroaching development.[13]
The lesser flamingo is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.
Media[edit]
- In Chilika, Odisha, India
- At Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Painting by C. G. Finch-Davies
- Lake Nakuru, Kenya
- Video taken at Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Breeding colony at Kamfers Dam
- juvenile in flight, Madagascar
- Huge flock at Lake Bogoria, Kenya
References[edit]
- ^BirdLife International (2012). 'Phoeniconaias minor'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^Geoffroy, C. (1798). 'Sur une nouvelle espèce de Phœnicoptère ou Flammant'. Bulletin des sciences par la Société philomathique. 1 (15).
- ^Gray, G. R. (1869). 'Notes on the Bills of the species of Flamingo (Phœnicopterus)'. Ibis. New Series. 5 (20): 438–443. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1869.tb06897.x.
- ^Torres, Chris R; Ogawa, Lisa M; Gillingham, Mark AF; Ferrari, Brittney; van Tuinen, Marcel (2014). 'A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)'. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 36. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-36.
Instead, we suggest the placement of minor within Phoenicoparrus along with andinus and jamesi based on shared mandibular morphology, ecology and phylogenetic relatedness. We suggest the designation of Phoeniconaias as a junior synonym of Phoenicoparrus based on priority and the redefinition of Phoenicoparrus as all species more closely related to Phoenicoparrus andinus than to Phoenicopterus roseus.
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- ^ ab'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-23.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
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- ^Ali, S. (1993). The Book of Indian Birds. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN0-19-563731-3.
- ^ ab'A Vision in Pink, Lesser Flamingo Breeding Success'. Africa - Birds & Birding. 13 (2): 42–49. April–May 2008.
- ^Parasharya, BM; Rank, DN; Harper, David M; Crosa, Giuseppe; Zaccara, Serena; Patel, Nirmal; Joshi, CG (2015). 'Long-distance dispersal capability of Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minorbetween India and Africa: Genetic inferences for future conservation plans'. Ostrich. 86 (3): 221. doi:10.2989/00306525.2015.1053827.
- ^ abAnderson, Mark D. 'Save the Flamingo'. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^'TA-TA to Lake Natron's flamingos'. Africa - Birds & Birding. 12 (4): 16. August–September 2007.
- ^Macleod, Fiona (20 August 2008). 'Flamingo row: Officials 'under house arrest''. Mail&Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: |
- Lesser Flamingo[permanent dead link] from the IUCN/Wetlands International Flamingo Specialist Group
- Flamingo Resource Centre - a collection of resources and information related to flamingos
- ARKive - Images and movies of the lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor)
- Lesser Flamingo - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- Save the Flamingo - A site dedicated to the conservation of the South African breeding colony
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