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Flamingos
Order:
Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
6 species
Tropical and Southern Hemisphere
Plumage at least in part pink; remiges black; bill thick, lamellate, sharply bent; legs very long; toes short and webbed
Feed on minute algae and invertebrates
Colonial and gregarious all year; monogamous; biparental care; crop-milk; single white egg on a mud-cone nest; nidifugous young
