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Greater flamingo
Photo: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0

Türkiye · Bird

Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Flamingos live in flocks of thousands on shallow, salty lakes. Lake Tuz is their biggest nesting site in Türkiye.

Where it lives
Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East; in Türkiye, Lake Tuz and the Gediz Delta
Diet
OmnivoreEats plants and meat
Weight
2–4 kg
Height
1.3 m
Lifespan (wild)
20–30 years

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Yaman scale

Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.

It would take about 1 of them to match Yaman's height (height 1.3 m). 0.25 m0.5 m0.75 m1 m1.25 m1.5 m Yaman · 1.5 m Greater flamingo · 1.3 m
Height1×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 1 of them to match Yaman's height (height 1.3 m).

Weight12×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 12 of them to weigh as much as Yaman.

Common questions

Where does the greater flamingo live?

Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East; in Türkiye, Lake Tuz and the Gediz Delta. In our zoo it lives in the Türkiye zone.

What does the greater flamingo eat?

It is a omnivore: it eats plants and meat.

How big does the greater flamingo get?

Height: 1.3 m. It weighs 2–4 kg.

How long does the greater flamingo live?

20–30 years in the wild.

Is the greater flamingo endangered?

On the IUCN Red List it is listed as least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.

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Did you know?

  • It gets its pink colour from the tiny shrimp and algae it eats.
  • It feeds upside down, filtering water through its beak.
  • It often rests standing on one leg.

How safe is it?

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

Least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.

IUCN Red List

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