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| − | [[Image:Caribbean_Flamingo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Momo|Momo}} <br />Locality: Isla Floreana, [[Galapagos]], [[Ecuador]]]]
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| − | ;[[:Category:Phoenicopterus|Phoenicopterus]] [[Greater Flamingo|ruber]] ruber
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| − | '''Alternative name: Caribbean Flamingo'''
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| − | ==Identification==
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| − | 120-145 cm. Deep pink- orange plumage, bill - black tip, red-orange middle, pale yellow near eye, long neck and legs, light yellow iris.
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| − | ==Distribution==
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| − | [[Caribbean]], [[Mexico]] ([[Yucatan]] Peninsula), coast of northern [[South America]] (only regular and better than rare in [[Venezuela]], [[Suriname]] and possibly [[French Guiana]]), offshore islands such as [[Aruba]], [[Bonaire]], and [[Curacao]], and [[Galapagos Islands]] ([[Ecuador]]). Within the Caribbean probably most numerous in [[Cuba]] and [[Bahamas]], but also common on [[Hispaniola]].
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
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| − | Often considered conspecific with the [[Greater Flamingo]] (''Phoenicopterus roseus'') of [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[Africa]].
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| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | Feeds in shallow lagunes, preferably with high salinity. As such they cannot breed every year in all colonies, as the lagunes can be too dry if the rain is lacking.
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | ====Breeding====
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| − | Breed in large colonies in nests that consists of mud compacted into a mound on top of which the nest of mud and twigs is situated, this is built by both sexes. 1 white egg is laid, and incubated by both parents for 27-31 days.
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| − | ====Diet====
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| − | The diet includes small crustaceans, molluscs, and insects.
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| − | ====Vocalisation====
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| − | <flashmp3>Phoenicopterus ruber (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
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| − | ''[[Media:Phoenicopterus ruber (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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| − | ==References==
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| − | Colorado Education
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | Note: Results in photo search may include photos of ''Phoenicopterus roseus'', which previously was considered a subspecies of this species (''see Taxonomy'').
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| − | {{GSearch|Phoenicopterus+ruber}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Phoenicopterus]][[Category:Bird Songs]]
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