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Kingdom
Animal
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Class
Bird
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Genus
Flamingo
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Status
Varies by species.
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Date Updated
Sat Jun 4 18:14:38 2016
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Image Credit JindoJeff
Image Comment A tall, pink Flamingo at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida.
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Flamingo Images for kids
Flamingo Species
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Flamingo Facts & Trivia for kids
- There are four species of Flamingo.
- Flamingos can withstand very high temperatures.
- Flamingos can fly.
- A Flamingo can only eat with its head upside down.
- Flamingos have webbed feet.
- Flamingos typically live in warm regions near shallow lakes and lagoons.
- Adult Flamingos are between 3 and 6 1/2 feet tall.
- Flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp and blue-green algae which contain a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin.
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