Caribbean Flamingo

Caribbean Flamingo
Caribbean flamingo
Photo by Chuck Dresner
Caribbean flamingo
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Caribbean Flamingo
Range
Native: Aruba; Bahamas; Brazil; Colombia; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Florida Keys: French Guiana; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Netherlands Antilles; Southern coastal Mexico; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; ...

Caribbean flamingo conservation in Mexico
IUCN Flamingo Specialist Group
Satellite tracking of the lesser flamingo, East Africa, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
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Caribbean flamingos are tall, large bodied birds with long necks and small heads. Most flamingos have bright pink or crimson plumage, legs, and bills. The Caribbean flamingo is by far the brightest and one of the largest of all the flamingos.

Caribbean flamingos are extremely gregarious and live in huge colonies. These social birds are known for their collective displays which can be carried out by hundreds of birds together.

Caribbean flamingo parent and chick
Birds can fascinate and delight us with their colorful feathers, nesting habitats, flying or swimming skills, and musical songs.

Phoenicopterus ruber (Caribbean Flamingo)
[edit] Piciformes
Campephilus principalis (Ivory-billed Woodpecker)
Colaptes auratus (Northern Flicker)
Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
Dendrocopos medius (Middle Spotted Woodpecker) ...

Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Common white tern (Gygis alba)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Audouin's gull (Larus audouinii)
Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) ...

They are not as brightly colored as the Caribbean flamingo, but they still have the light pink feathers with black feathers on their wings.

: The Atlantic coast of subtropical and tropical America, locally Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Yucatan and Guiana. The American flamingo is also referred to as the Caribbean flamingo; it is the only species of this bird found in North America.

The Chilean flamingo is a tall, large bodied bird with a long neck and small head. Most flamingos, including this species, have pale pink plumage and bills. This subspecies of flamingo is slightly smaller than the Caribbean flamingo and has gray legs ...

See also: Flamingo, Crustacean, Whale, Leopard, Ibis