They have three forward pointing toes and a hind toe and all of their toes are webbed. The bill has hair-like combs along the edges which strains mud and sand from the food that they find in the water. The males are slightly larger and weigh more than the females, but visual sex determination of flamingos is unreliable. They are the national bird of the Bahamas. The name flamingo came from the Latin word for flame.
Flamingos sleep on one foot.
The Romans made a law making it illegal to hunt flamingos but it failed.