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lesser flamingo
Observe flamingo flight, flocking, and feeding behaviours
Caribbean flamingo flamingo Camargue Regional Nature Park Flamingos Natron, Lake Jurong Bird Park flamingos in Lake Nakuru Lake Nakuru
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Why Are Flamingos Pink?
Flamingos on Lake Nakuru, Kenya, Africa. (flamingo, flock, bird, birds, African birds)
Why Do Flamingos Stand on One Leg?
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Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
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14 Tough Questions Answered
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

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Observe flamingo flight, flocking, and feeding behaviours
Learn about the flight, flocking, and feeding behaviours of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
View a flock of lesser flamingos at Lake Bogoria in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) at Lake Bogoria in the Great Rift...
Video: © Martin Harvey (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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lesser flamingo
Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor).
© Luca Nichetti/Shutterstock.com
Caribbean flamingo
Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) showing carotenoid pigmentation...
C. Laubscher/Bruce Coleman Inc.
flamingo
Flamingo.
© Wilfredo Rodríguez (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Camargue Regional Nature Park
Flamingos at the Camargue Regional Nature Park, southern France.
© Richard Semik/Shutterstock.com
Flamingos
Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) at a breeding colony on Lake Natron,...
Owen Newman/Nature Picture Library
Natron, Lake
Flamingos on the southern shore of Lake Natron, northern Tanzania.
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Jurong Bird Park
Flamingos at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore.
Terence Ong
flamingos in Lake Nakuru
Kenya's Lake Nakuru is known for the vast numbers of pink flamingos that historically...
© Alan Ward/Shutterstock.com
Lake Nakuru
Flamingos on Lake Nakuru, west-central Kenya.
© Index Open
Flamingos in Lake Nakuru National Park
Flamingos wading in Lake Nakuru National Park, near Nakuru, in Kenya.
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