Caribbean Flamingo

Meet the Caribbean Flamingo!

Like other flamingo species, the Caribbean flamingo has a different beak from other birds, with a movable upper part and a rigid lower part. In addition, these beaks have lamellae that allow them to filter the water to obtain the plankton on which they feed.

They have particularly long necks and legs, even longer than other species of the flamingo family. It is the largest flamingo on the continent, and the second largest in the world, surpassed only by the common flamingo. Its color can vary from pale pink to crimson or vermilion, depending on the area where it lives and the amount of crustaceans with high carotenoid content it consumes.

What are its habits?

This species of flamingo resides in large colonies. Only during the nesting season does each pair mark a small territory surrounding the nest. The pair's clutch consists of a single egg, from which a chick will hatch and be fed by its parents until it is three months old.

Conservation

Extinct

Extinct in the wild

Critically endangered

Endangered

Vulnerable

Near threatened

Least concern

Insufficient data

Not evaluated

DID YOU KNOW ...

During the courtship the flamingos perform a perfect and synchronized choreography, walk together, spread their wings, stretch their necks and turn their heads from side to side.