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Flamingos

Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Genus: Phoenicopterus

Species on page - 4 species in 2 genera (out of 6 species in 3 genera)

+ Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
+ American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
+ Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
+ Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)

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Chilean flamingo
Phoenicopterus chilensis

Chile

Overhead

flamingo

Salar Lakes, Atacama Desert

Chilean flamingo
Phoenicopterus chilensis

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Flamingo egg

flamingo - sf zoo
Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
San Francisco Zoo
October 7, 2016
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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Flamingo egg and parent

flamingo - sf zoo
Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
San Francisco Zoo
October 7, 2016
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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Flamingo chick

flamingo - sf zoo
Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
San Francisco Zoo
October 7, 2016
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

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Chick

utah
Chilean flamingo chick (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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> American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Galápagos

Flamingo

galapagos

American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

In keeping with my observations of unusual bird eye color in the Galápagos, the flamingos have yellow orange eyes.

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Flamingos

galapagos

American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
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American flamingo

Texas 2024

American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Texas aquarium
Corpus Christi, Texas 2024
April 7, 2024
Canon R5

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Lined up

galapagos

American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Floreana, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 28, 2015
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galapagos

American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Puerto Villamil
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 7, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii
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galapagos

American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Puerto Villamil
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 7, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii
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galapagos

American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Puerto Villamil
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 7, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii
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galapagos

American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 8, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii
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galapagos

American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Family: Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 8, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii

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Mexico

Bashful

flamingo

Puerto Vallarta
Canon Pro90IS 2003

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Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Walvis Bay, Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Walvis Bay, Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Flamingo in flight

flamingo

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Rondevlei, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
June 4, 2014

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Flamingo taking off

flamingo taking off

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Rondevlei, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
June 4, 2014

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Not in the pink

flamingo
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Near Arusha
Tanzania
2004

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Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)

Flamingos

Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Walvis Bay
Namibia
August 25, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
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Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Walvis Bay, Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Walvis Bay, Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Walvis Bay, Namibia
August 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Flamingos

flamingos

Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Tanzania
July 30, 2002
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Misc

Flamingo

flamingo
Harvey Drive
Summit, New Jersey
July 4, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

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Created: December 8, 2010
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