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Juvenile © Howard Heaton
Adult © Robert Lewis
Adult © sahithya selvaraj
Adult © Craig Faulhaber
+ 3
Adult (with Lesser Flamingo) © Maurizio Ravasini
© Ramesh Desai

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

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Distributed from Africa and southern Europe through West Asia to South Asia. Very large, with long, "coat hanger" neck, big kinked bill, and very long pinkish legs. Plumage at rest whitish with pale pink blush and some deep pink often visible on closed wings. Flies with long neck and legs extended, when deep pink-and-black wing pattern striking.

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