red flamingo

American flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber / American flamingo

red flamingos

Habitat: Lagoons and salt sinks
Continent: North America
Food: Plankton such as small crustaceans, insects and worms
Gestation/breeding period: about 29 days
Mode of life: Huge colonies with up to 20,000 breeding pairs
Class: Birds
Order: Flamingos

Key facts

~ 1.60 m
size

2 - 4 kg
weight

~ 50 years
age

How endangered are American flamingos?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

Not evaluated
Data deficient
Least concern Least concern
Near threatened
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct in the wild
Extinct

Did you know?

The red flamingo builds mud cones up to half a metre high to nest in.

red flamingos