greater flamingo
phoenicopterus roseus latin

Greater flamingos live up to 20 years in the wild.

Greater Flamingo is another popular bird in the area.

Also noted are greater flamingos on the beaches and many birds of prey.

Highlights: Hundreds of Greater flamingos can be spotted here throughout the year.

Greater Flamingo also breed on the mud flats.

It is famous for large congregations of waterbirds, especially Greater Flamingos.

Greater flamingo is the state bird of Gujarat, India.

The pan is home to the only breeding population of Greater Flamingos in southern Africa.

Megapaloelodus species were sized from equal to an average Greater Flamingo to 15-20% larger.

It also holds large wintering populations of Greater Flamingos in India.

The lake is also an important place for rest and food for migratory birds, and it also has a population of the greater flamingo.

The Greater Flamingo wades in its shallows.

A greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family.

The fauna present include a great variety of bird species and it is one of the main European migration sites for the Greater Flamingo.

The Camargue is home to more than 400 species of birds; its brine ponds provide one of the few European habitats for the greater flamingo.

In addition to the indoor aquariums, the shores region also features exhibits of greater flamingos, American Alligators, and humboldt penguins.

The hundreds of lagoons and coastal lakes that dot the island are home for many species of wading birds, such as the Greater Flamingo.

While at first Zoo Basel had all six flamingo specieses, it decided to focus on the Greater flamingo in the 1980s.

Another large pond houses a variety of aquatic birds including great white pelicans, greater flamingos, mute swans and black swans.

Bundala harbors 197 species of Birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo, which migrate in large flocks.

There is also Flamingo Cove, which is where zoo visitors may overlook greater flamingos and bar-headed geese.

The greater flamingo, which is found from Africa and the Mediterranean to Kazakhstan and India, is the largest of its kind.

Every year more than 10,000 greater flamingos, mostly migrating from Lake Urmia in Iran, winters at Akyatan.

The oldest known Greater Flamingo, a resident of the Adelaide Zoo in Australia, is at least 77 years old.

Greater Flamingo - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

A greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family.

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Birdlife International estimates that between 2,000 and 20,000 Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) spend the winter months on the lake.

Also common are the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) and the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

The continued presence of greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in France has been attributed to conservation work conducted at Tour du Valat.

The main Turkish breeding colony of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is present on a group of islands in the southern part of the lake.

The Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus which visits in large flocks of over 1,000 individuals, from Rann of Kutch of India is being the highlight.

Ras Al Khor is also home to about 500 Greater Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus), which has become something of a mascot for Dubai's Wild Life protection program.

They grown up to 30 cm in height and host relatively rich avifauna, mostly ducks, sandgrouse, Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) and Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).

The sanctuary is of international importance due to its population of 250,000 lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) and greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus), which visit the sanctuary every year during the winter period to breed, after the rainy season, when the water sources are full.

It encompasses a true saline desert where thousands of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) nest in the world famous 'Flamingo City' located in the mud flats of the Rann, about 10 km from Nir outpost on Kala Dungar hill.