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Phoenicopterus roseus
This is the largest species of flamingo. Like all flamingos, this species lays a single chalky-white egg on a mud mound. Most of the plumage is pinkish-white, but the wing coverts are red and the primary and secondary flight feathers are black. The bill is pink with a restricted black tip, and the legs are entirely pink. The call is a goose-like honking. Sub-adult flamingos are whitish-grey and only attain the pink coloration several years into their adult life. The coloration comes from the carotenoid pigments in the organisms that live in their feeding grounds.
Seen at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.
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Spotted on May 28, 2015
Submitted on Jun 8, 2015
4 Comments
Thank you Marek, Hema and Antonio :)
Awesome capture satyen,beautiful,congrats and thanks for sharing
sheer elegance!
Pink is my new color ;)