Greater Flamingo

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Names and conservation status
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Lake Magadi
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Lake Elementaita

greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita

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Lake Nakuru
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Bogoria

greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Bogoria
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Bogoria
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Bogoria

greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita
greater flamingo, flmant rose, flamenco comun, Nicolas Urlacher, wildlife of Kenya, birds of Kenya, birds of africa, water birds, waders
Lake Elementaita

The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, and in southern Europe.

 

The greater flamingo resides in mudflats and shallow coastal lagoons with salt water. Using its feet, the bird stirs up the mud, then sucks water through its bill and filters out small shrimp, seeds, blue-green algae, microscopic organisms, and mollusks. The greater flamingo feeds with its head down, and its upper jaw is movable and not rigidly fixed to its skull.

 

Like all flamingos, this species lays a single chalky-white egg on a mud mound. Adult greater flamingos have few natural predators. Eggs and chicks may be eaten by raptors, crows, gulls, and the marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)