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A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
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A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Examples of flamingoes in a Sentence
Among the larger birds are cranes, herons, the ibis, storks, eagles, vultures, falcons, hawks, kites, owls, the secretary birds, pelicans, flamingoes, wild duck and geese, gulls, and of game birds, the paauw, koraan, pheasant, partridge, guinea fowl and quail.
Not only do the flamingoes need food but they need fresh water too.
There are no large game birds, but song birds and doves are numerous on the mountains, and flamingoes and other water-birds frequent the coast.
There are many varieties of birds to be found in the woods of the Bahamas; they include flamingoes and the beautiful hummingbird, as well as wild geese, ducks, pigeons, hawks, green parrots and doves.
A more curious case is that of the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius), a beast only known in domestication, and that in arid countries; yet a number of these have become feral in the Spanish marshes, where they wade about like quadrupedal flamingoes.
In the wild, greater flamingoes breed in very large numbers on salt or soda lakes. often there are thousands of birds.
Birds include the ostrich, great kori bustard, the eagle, vulture, hawk and crane, francolin, golden cuckoo, bootie, scarlet and yellow finches, kingfishers, parrots (in the eastern regions), pelicans and flamingoes.
The rich birdlife includes flamingoes which are attracted by the soda content in Lake Magadi on the crater floor.
The village quickly melted away into wide open plains where in between dreams we spotted pink flamingoes.
For me being able to watch flamingoes at places like the WWT centers is a huge priveledge.
With costume jewelry, you can think big, putting large beads or even longer, eccentric beads, such as flamingoes or hats, on the hoops.
On the lakes there is a very handsome goose, with white body and dark-green wings shading into violet, called huachua, two kinds of ibis, a large gull (Larus serranus) frequenting the alpine lakes in flocks, flamingoes called parihuana, ducks and water-hens.
Cranes, storks, flamingoes and pelicans are found in large variety.