red flamingo

American flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber / American flamingo

Kubaflamingos
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
  • Kubaflamingos
    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.

Kubaflamingos im Zoo Dresden

American flamingo on the zoo tour

Zoo tour map