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Phoenicopterus chilensis
The plumage is pinker than the slightly larger greater flamingo, but less so than Caribbean flamingo. It can be differentiated from these species by its greyish legs with pink joints (tibio-tarsal articulation), and also by the larger amount of black on the bill (more than half). Young chicks may have no sign of pink coloring whatsoever, but instead remain grey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_fla...
Brevard Zoo
Spotted on Oct 27, 2014
Submitted on Oct 31, 2014
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