| NOUN | a flamingo | flamingos / flamingoes |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- The park has an interpretative centre, a walkway through a Bagá forest, a Taíno village and fauna exhibits (crocodiles, iguanas, flamingos and Cuban hutias).
- The Palaelodidae – an extinct family of peculiar "swimming flamingos" – are believed to be the closest relatives of the modern flamingos, with the extinct genus "Juncitarsus" slightly more primitive than the clade which contains flamingos and grebes (Mirandornithes).
- Flamingos are capable flyers, and flamingos in captivity often require wing clipping to prevent escape.
- Although still relatively long, the legs of "Palaelodus" were not nearly as elongated as those of modern flamingos.
- Secretions of the uropygial gland of greater flamingos ("Phoenicopterus roseus") contain carotenoids, organic pigments which give flamingos their pink colour.
- "Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae" likely behaved and foraged much like modern flamingos, being a stilt-legged wading bird according to Miller.
- The study also indicated that these flamingos may be increasing in population and reclaiming their lost land.
- Hurricane Irma directly affected a major colony of American flamingos on Cuba's northern Cayo Coco.
- Laguna de Guayatayoc is home to large populations of different varieties of flamingos, including James's flamingos, Andean flamingos and Chilean flamingos.
- The Caribbean Pink Flamingos exhibit shows flamingos in a natural outdoor lake setting.
- For over 50 years Zoo Basel had its flamingo breeding program and hatched over 400 flamingos.
- The flamingos feed from the bottom layer of the lake for small particles, mainly diatoms.
- Greater flamingos feed on brine shrimps ("Artemia"), worms and tiny crustaceans, while the lesser flamingos feed on algae; all are plentiful in the warm shallow waters of salt pans.
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