The Flamingo

                                                               Their Diet

A flamingo's diet mainly consists of algae, small seeds, tiny crustaceans (like brine shrimp), fly larvae, and other plants and animals that live in shallow waters.

                                                                              The Pink Feathers

The pink feathers aren't there when they are born. The pink color is from the food they eat. Many plants have red, yellow, and orange pigments called carotenoids. When they eat those foods over and over again, it turns their feathers a bright pink.

                                                    There are Six Species

Despite there being over 2.5 million flamingos in the wild, there are only six known species. The names are the greater flamingo, lesser flamingo, Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, James flamingo and American flamingo.

                                                             They can fly

You may see flamingos in groups on the ground by they can take flight.

• The knees of a flamingo look like they can bend backward, but it's the opposite. The part of their leg that looks like a knee is actually their ankle joint.

• Most Flamingos tend to live in shallow saltwater. But, some grow up and raise their young in extremely salty environments.

• You may know flamingos can stand on one leg for long periods of time. So long in fact, that they can fall asleep while on one leg!