Talk:Flamingo

message: The scientific name for flamingo is Biancoers Douroudisered   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.215.131.89 (talk) 02:50, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

message: Are there flamingos of other colors such as blue? I've found recently a lot of questionable memes and misinformation regarding it.Ai Leen! (talk) 15:14, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Adult flamingoes are all some shade of pink (some quite pale). Youngsters are grey. There are no blue flamingoes – other than photoshopped ones. MeegsC (talk) 16:11, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flamingos of other colors? 

message: ===What are some of the flamingos predators?===
Maribou storks eat the chicks. Herring gulls eat the eggs. (If the wind is good for hovering, a herring gull will actually lift the adult flamingo off the nest by its bill so the gull can grab the egg. If there's not enough wind, a walking gull will peck at the back of the incubating flamingo's legs to make it stand up, then grab the egg.) In the Camargue, dogs and foxes are also a problem. Humans have historically been major predators in the Mediterranean, not so much now, but elsewhere flamingos live in areas like the Rann of Kutch or the Andes where humans can barely and rarely go. Khamba Tendal (talk) 18:52, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Maribou storks eat the chicks. Herring gulls eat the eggs. (If the wind is good for hovering, a herring gull will actually lift the adult flamingo off the nest by its bill so the gull can grab the egg. If there's not enough wind, a walking gull will peck at the back of the incubating flamingo's legs to make it stand up, then grab the egg.) In the Camargue, dogs and foxes are also a problem. Humans have historically been major predators in the Mediterranean, not so much now, but elsewhere flamingos live in areas like the Rann of Kutch or the Andes where humans can barely and rarely go. Khamba Tendal (talk) 18:52, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: What are some of the flamingos predators?

message: Wait a sec. This article classifies the flamingos under the Ciconiiformes, stork-like. The article Bird however says they are a separate order, the Phoenicopteriformes. What am I supposed to beleive? Caesarion 12:14, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: fixed as per Handbook of birds of the World jimfbleak 16:29, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Which classification do you mean, the present or the one on Bird? It's quite obvious they contradict, only one of both can agree with the Handbook. Caesarion 18:59, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

text: Yes, if you define Ciconiiformes as Sibley/Ahlquist did: by simply jumbling together basically everything that is a) a non-anseriform "waterbird" and b) which DNA-DNA hybridization (which has a fairly limited resolution though it can crack some pronblems better than other methods) could not properly resolve any further. Their "Ciconiiformes" has the same scientific merit as proposing a Class "Ichthyes" for all "fish" including whales just because they're vertebrates and they're aquatic, wich ist to say: none at all. It was the one huge blunder of the study - but that's what we know now, not what was known then (though their faith in the validity of that grouping was a bit on the blind side; such a group had last been suggested by some pheneticists in the mid-19th century...). Check the Metaves/Coronaves study (which is finally there in the article, yay! It was 2004, not 2005...) for molecular evidence why flamingos are with near 100% certainty not Ciconiiformes, either Clements' or Sibley/Ahlquist's - though even that study does little to suggest their affinities. My money is on grebes which seems also fairly reasonable according to morphology - reference upcoming -, but I would only bet if my life depended on it... Dysmorodrepanis 09:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomical disagreement here on wikipedia

message: This doesn't seem very neutral.
:Why not? standard phrases without any POV implications jimfbleak 06:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old World / New World? West / East? 

message: The reason for this behavior is unknown. [This theory] has not been proven. There is evidence that flamingos favor one leg [...]
So is the evidence in question-related to the theory that hasn't been proven? If so, then we do not know the reason for the favoritism, we just know of theories. Being as I am just browsing, I'll let someone else do the edit. Lovok 14:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legs - Contradiction? 

message: I see that all species are assigned to the Phoenicopterus genus here, however, at least Bird Life International still assigns the two South American species to the genus Phoenicoparrus. Neither seems to support the Phoeniconaias genus, where the Lesser Flamingo was previously assigned to. --Anshelm '77 01:02, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genera 

message: The colour of the flamingo does not arise, however, as a result of the shrimp it eats but rather the blue-green algae in its diet.
Notable exceptions are the flamingos in captivity, many of which turn a pale pink as they are not fed foods containing sufficient amounts of carotene. This is changing as more zoos begin to add shrimp and other supplements to the diets of their flamingos
So does shrimp contribute to the color or not? Yes shrip contribute all the colour that can be  seen. Prometheus-X303- 18:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where does their color come from? 

message: Does anyone also think it is notable that Flamingo lawn ornaments are commonly used? Does that belong in this article? There's a lawn gnome section in the Gnome article. I came to this page hoping to learn why people put pink flamingo statues in their yard. Makes no sense to me, but I'm sure there's an interesting story behind how that tradition started. Peaceoutside 22:53, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lawn Ornaments 

message: wat is an old world flamingo????????????? please i need help 4 my project from K.D  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.102.233 (talk) 03:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: it is a flamigo from brasil 64.173.224.207 (talk) 21:07, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what you mean. Old World and New World are geographic terms. If this article lists the countries flamingoes are found in, it should not. (I don't notice it doing so.) Broad geographic descriptions are clearer and more economical with space. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 15:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  old world  

message: you need to discuss how north americans have made flamingos into a lawn ornament.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.24.75 (talk) 04:05, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article Lawn ornament links here.  So does Plastic flamingo. Plenty of "discussion" there. --Hordaland (talk) 11:05, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  plastic flamingos 

message: I just read about a 78 year old captive flamingo that was bashed/ attacked by youths in South Australia:
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24574238-5006301,00.html
I'm quite amazed that a flamingo could live that long. Is this an unusual age for a flamingo to live, or are they known for their longevity?
:That would be extreme (and unexpected). Animal Age database lists 44 years for Phoenicopterus ruber as maximum age.
:Few birds seem to live for more than 25-30 years very often. So if AnAge shows anything, it is that flamingos can get quite old. To reach 78 you'd have to be very lucky as a flamingo, and there might have been some error. But I would not consider it impossible. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 18:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the news article is explainable. It looks like bunkum to me. Main attraction since the 1930s? Maybe this bears investigation, though. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 15:40, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  They can live a long time. Greater, who died in 2014, is believed to have been in his eighties- he came to Adelaide zoo in 1933.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/worlds-oldest-flamingo-dies-adelaide-zoo They can live a long, long time in captivity. The majority of those currently in captivity were actually wild-caught, hence our relative uncertainty on their maximum age  onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/izy.12041/abstract  Jchapman25 (talk) 13:24, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  How old do these creatures live? 

message: The evolution section looks like an editorial, by somebody enraged at the scientists who have on anatomical as well as genetic evidence with very strong support proposed the relatives of flamingos to be grebes. I'm going to try to improve this, but I would be obliged if some other contributors would as well. For references this webpage with papers by Gerald Mayr could be useful. Innotata 21:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: My, the sort of things I say on talk pages… I;ve fixed in without giving in to my own biases, by my count.  111 —innotata (Talk • Contribs • s:) 17:48, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution section 

message: And do they have migratory patterns?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nishanoire (talk • contribs) 02:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello. In the future, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the reference desk, as you can usually get a quicker answer, and article talk pages are for discussing the article, not asking questions about the subject. Anyways, flamingos can fly about 600 kilometers, or 373 miles, in one night. As for migrating, flamingos are generally non-migrating bird, but will migrate when required, they do so mainly at night (Sources: ) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  How far can flamingos fly? 

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message: There is vandalism in the "Fossil Records" section.  I don't know how to correct it. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 18:19, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: Why on earth do we have a "Brazilian pronunciation" audio file on this article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bkm091 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: good point, chopped Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 07:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazilian pronunciation 

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message: An entry in List of colors: A–F contained a link to this page.
The entry is :
* Flamingo pink
I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries
If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:47, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible removal from list 

message: Flamingos are present in and around Lake Van in Turkey - https://move2turkey.com/in-pictures-watch-thousands-of-flamingos-arrive-at-lake-van-in-turkey/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:4880:5760:2C1A:4FC8:C33A:E0AE (talk) 14:20, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Van, Turkey 

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