FUN FACTS ABOUT FLAMINGOES:
Greater and Lesser flamingos fly in to Mumbai every winter from Kutch, Gujarat and Sambar Lake, Rajasthan. They are also known to come from other countries such as Pakistan,Afghanistan and Iran.
There are six distinct species of flamingo, but it takes a trained eye to distinguish them. Adult flamingos are four to five feet tall, but only weigh between four and eight pounds. That’s the kind of astonishing body
density (or lack of) needed for flight.
Flamingos tend to congregate in mudflats or lagoons, where they can find shallow saltwater prey. These habitats are also difficult for predators to negotiate.
The color pink comes from beta-carotene in the crustaceans and plankton that flamingos eat. Zoo flamingos will turn white if their diet is not supplemented with live shrimp or flamingo chow containing carotenoid pigments.
The feathers under their wings (flight feathers) are black. You only see them when the birds are flying.
