Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus
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The Greater Flamingo is the most numerous species of flamingo, native to southern Europe, Africa and Asia. It can be distinguished by its pink bill extending to light eyes and limited black tip and by pink legs.
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Flamingoes are one of the oldest families of birds; fossil records go back 50 million years and are far more widespread globally than flamingoes today
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Juveniles are grey-brown with grey legs and dark eyes 

  
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