American Flamingo

The American Flamingo is the only flamingo that inhabits through the Caribbean Sea, the northern coasts of South America and on the Galapagos island.

These birds are tall and slender, their bright red-orange and pink bodies are immediately identifiable.

These birds feed on plankton, invertebrates and other organisms using their curved bills as filtering traps.

12 thoughts on “American Flamingo”

mike585 on November 12, 2012 at 9:14 am said:

Beautiful images!

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- avian101 on November 12, 2012 at 11:08 am said:
  
  Thank you Mike! 🙂
  
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westerner54 on November 12, 2012 at 11:24 am said:

Nice to see such beautiful color when it’s all snowy and gray here!

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- avian101 on November 12, 2012 at 12:50 pm said:
  
  I’m glad to help you feel better! 🙂
  
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bananabatman on November 12, 2012 at 11:36 am said:

My sized birds HJ. I love the colours.

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- avian101 on November 12, 2012 at 12:50 pm said:
  
  Thanks you Dave! 🙂
  
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michelinewalker on November 15, 2012 at 7:29 pm said:

I love your posts. Thank you. MW

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- avian101 on November 15, 2012 at 10:06 pm said:
  
  I should thank you for your visit Micheline! 🙂
  
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Lisa Rest on December 10, 2012 at 9:33 am said:

Oh are these beautiful! Sorry if I’m just now getting caught up with all your posts from November but it’s well worth going through them. I love flamingos, have not yet seen them in the wild.

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- avian101 on December 10, 2012 at 9:50 am said:
  
  Yes they are beautiful! Thank you Lisa! 🙂
  
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kenyabirding on February 19, 2013 at 3:53 am said:

Very similar to our Lesser Flamingo in Kenya.Though the American flamingo is very pink!!!great photo

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- avian101 on March 9, 2013 at 12:07 pm said:
  
  You’re right about that, the coloration of plumage varies because of the type of food they ingest, being different from Continent to another Continent.
  Please forgive me for the delay to answer your comment. Thank you!
  
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