GREATER FLAMINGO

Phoenicopterus roseus

  1. Fenicottero Rosa
  1. Fenicottero Rosa

  • Common name:
    GREATER FLAMINGO

    Scientific name:
    Phoenicopterus roseus

    Class:
    Bords

    Order:
    Fenicotteriformi

    Family:
    Fenicotteridi

    Provenance:
    Africa – Southern Europe – Northern India

    Diet:
    molluschi – pesci – granchi – alghe

    Habitat:
    Reservoirs, ponds and estuaries

    Reproduction:
    Spawn: 1 – Incubation: 27-31 days

  • The Flamingo is a wading bird that lives in low salty lagoons, along estuaries and in coastal ponds. It has a long neck and an odd beak that is longer than its head and is big at the beginning and then bent towards the bottom. With its beak, of which only the upper part is mobile, this bird can catch its food in the salty ponds. It uses its beak as a sieve to filter water and capture the small organisms in the water. The pinkish coloring is due to its diet of these organisms that have red/orange pigments.
    It lives and nests in colonies of thousands of birds. The female lays 1-2 eggs that she incubates for 27-31 days.