Greater Flamingo

The Greater Flamingo is the largest of the six species of flamingo and the most widespread. It lives on mudflats and lagoons across Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Southern Europe. Like other flamingos, greater flamingos get their pink colouration due to bacteria and natural pigments found in the brine-shrimp and algae that they naturally feed on, using their bills to filter-feed through the water supported by their long legs. Greater flamingos are paler than other species of flamingos, often being a pinkish-white.

A shared behaviour among flamingos, they often stand on one leg at a time. Greater flamingos live in large flocks, but are usually monogamous.