Chilean Flamingos

Chilean Flamingos - Spc. Name: Phoenicopterus chilensis

They are pink in colour but immature birds are grey before they get their full adult plumage. They have long, grey legs with pink knees.

Chilean Flamingos

Their large bill is downward curving and more than half of it is black in colour. They have narrow wings with their primary and secondary flight feathers being black and their wing coverts being red. 

Chilean flamingos live in warm, tropical environments in South America. 

They live in colonies that can range vastly in size from a few dozen birds to thousands of individuals. 

Chilean Flamingos feed upon aquatic invertebrates, diatoms and algae. They mainly feed during the day and they sweep their bill upside down through shallow water picking up food as they go.

They will defend their nest during the breeding season, otherwise they are non-territorial.