### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Flamingo
* All flamingos are found in tropical and subtropical areas.
* All flamingos have black flight feathers, and wing coverts that are darker pink that the body
  - the same long legs and curved neck, and they honk like geese
* Many Flamingos live in captivity at zoos and wildlife parks around the world.
* Most flamingos develop necks.
* Most flamingos eat food
  - shellfish
  - shrimp
  - emerge from nests
* Most flamingos feed in lagoons
  - fly over lakes
* Most flamingos has-part legs
  - tongues
  - have beaks
* Most flamingos have black feathers
* Most flamingos have bright feathers
  - red feathers
  - coloration
  - deep red or flame-colored feathers with black quills
  - eyes
* Most flamingos have gray eyes
* Most flamingos have long legs
  - ranges
* Most flamingos have red coral feathers
  - shape beaks
  - size
  - vertebrae
  - white feathers
  - yellow eyes
* Most flamingos live in areas
  - make nests
  - migrate to water
  - move legs
  - prefer different habitats
* Most flamingos reach ages
  - maturity
  - sexual maturity
* Most flamingos stand in water
  - on legs
  - walk on legs
* Some flamingos are inside lakes
  - located in lakes
  - die from injuries
  - eat algae
  - follow lakes
  - form term pair bonds
* Some flamingos have distinctive habits
  - few natural predators
  - hunters
  - individuals
  - leave colonies
* Some flamingos live in colonies
  - countries
  - single colonies
  - migrate to regions
  - tend to be cream and white colored, while some have orange feathers
* also eat aquatic small insects
  - prefer to travel at night to avoid predators
  - share some common characteristics with penguins
* are also vocal birds
  - beautiful giant birds which are often seen standing on one leg on water lands
  - capable of drinking water at temperatures that approach the boiling point
  - filter feeders meaning they use a variety of techniques to filter food from the water
  - funny looking birds
  - generally non-migratory birds
  - gregarious, living and flying in large groups
  - in fact pink because they eat shrimps, which contain a red pigment
  - monogamous with their mate and they stay together while laying one egg per year
  - multicellular.If something is unicellular it is usually very small
  - often unique as they feed their young crop milk
  - omnivores
  - one of the most interesting types of animals in the world
* are pink or orange or white depending on what they eat
  - pink-feathered birds with black tipped wings that stand on one leg
  - popular symbols in the Caribbean
  - sensitive to disturbance
  - shore birds
  - social birds meaning they stick together in colonies or flocks
  - some of the most unique birds in the world
  - strong flyers, flying in long curved lines with the neck and legs extended
  - the bird with the longest neck and the longest legs compared with body size
  - timid and often live together in large colonies
  - tropical birds, although large colonies have been observed high in the Andes
* are very social birds and live in colonies that can number in the tens of thousands
  - tall birds and they have long legs
  - vulnerable at night and frequently sleep with one eye open
  - waders, birds that collect their food from shallow water
  - water birds, so they live in and around lagoons or lakes
  - white when they hatch, grey as juveniles and pink as adults
* belong to the genus phoenicopterus, and there are six different species of flamingos.
* build nest mounds made of mud, small stones, straw, and feathers.
* close mouths.
* comes from the latin word for flame.
* die as a result of ingesting the toxins as they feed on the blue green algae.
* drink fresh water.
* eat algae and crustaceans that contain pigments called carotenoids
* excrete salt through salt glands in the nostrils.
* feed at day and night.
* feed on brine shrimp, using their bills to separate the shrimp from the mud and slit
  - small crustaceans, algae, and other unicellular organisms
  - tiny mollusks, crustaceans, and plants
* fly from their roosts to their feeding grounds, day after day, year in year out
  - in long lines with their necks and legs stretched out straight
* follow patterns.
* frequently stand on one leg.
* get the color from the pigments in their food they eat
  - their pink color from caratenoids in their diet
* have a curved bill that is shaped like a banana.
* have a shiny, hot pink metallic look
  - multi-colored metallic look
  - very long neck and long, pink legs with big, pink, webbed feet
  - an interesting way of feeding
* have good hearing but little or no sense of smell
  - plumages
  - slender necks, similar to other wading birds
* have longer necks and legs in proportion to body size than any other kind of bird
  - the proportion to their bodies than any other bird
  - lungs for breathing, and so they have to hold their breath while feeding under water
  - unique beaks and mouth
  - chests
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - talons
* live fifteen to twenty years and longer in captivity.
* live in a variety of habitat locations
  - groups called colonies
  - habitats around the world that have a few key things in common
  - huge flocks in the wild
  - lagoons or large, shallow lakes
  - lagoons, or lakes, where there is lots of mud and water
  - large groups all year long called colonies
  - many different types of habitats
  - the lagoon
  - warm coastal waters where they can wade
  - their mounds completely out of mud
* need rainfall.
* often rest standing on one leg.
* pick up materials.
* possess feathers.
* rest on lagoons
* return to colonies.
* roost upon one of their legs while the other half of their body is in the sleep stage.
* share features.
* sleep on one foot
  - leg, with their heads twisted around
* stand in every bit of shallow water, along the shore and on reefs and shoals in the lake
* stand on legs
  - one leg in both cool and warm environments
* stand on one leg to rest the other leg
* stretch wings.
* take rest by sitting down adjusting their legs or by standingon one leg.
* teaches how to maintain balance and movement through the emotions.
* tend to stand often on one leg.
* turn pink from eating shrimp because of the beta-carotene content in the shrimp.
* use their bills for filtering water
  - feet to stir up food in the mud
  - large beaks to filter small food items from the water
  - large, oddly shaped beaks to filter shrimp out of the water
  - their toes
* weigh pounds.
+ Bird nest, Types of nests, Ground and mound nests: Birds
  * The Trumpeter Swan makes a big mound nest, and flamingos make mounds, too. Flamingos make their mounds completely out of mud.
+ Flamingo, Color, shape and food
  * Flamingos are pink or red. This is because of small bacteria that live in water which the flamingos eat. They also eat small crayfish and algae. Baby flamingos are gray. Flamingos are very tall birds and they have long legs. They often stand on only one leg.
  * Flamingos are pink or red. This is because of small bacteria that live in water which the flamingos eat. They also eat small crayfish and algae. Baby flamingos are gray. Flamingos are very tall birds and they have long legs. They often stand on only one leg. Scientists do not know why flamingos do this. Flamingos have a curved bill that is shaped like a banana. This is because they feed in the mud on the bottom of lakes.