Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East and southern Europe.
- Family
- Flamingos
- Order
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Weight
- 3.0 kg
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 58
Recorded in Spain, France, Portugal, India, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Israel, Turkey, Kenya, Morocco, Oman, Tanzania, Namibia, Cyprus, Iran, Kuwait, Bulgaria, Germany, Senegal, Tunisia, Albania, Mozambique, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Algeria, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, EH, Slovenia, Bahrain, Ukraine, Botswana, Gambia, Pakistan, China, Mauritania, Russia, Sweden, United States, Croatia, Romania, Jordan, Denmark, Angola, United Kingdom, Malta, Uganda, Yemen, Djibouti.
Where to see it: Sebket Sijoumi (west) (Tunisia); Camargue · Parc ornithologique du Pont de Gau (France); Dohat Arad Lagoon (Mangrove Bay) (Bahrain); Parc National di Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania); Kalloni Salt Pans (Αλυκές Καλλονής) (Greece).
Photo: Luiz Lapa from Oeiras, Portugal, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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