American Flamingo

The American Flamingo has predominantly coral-pink to orange-red plumage, with adult males and females similar in coloration. Pink feathers cover the breast, back, and short tail, while deeper red wing coverts contrast with black primary and secondary flight feathers, most conspicuous when the wings are spread. Its pink-feathered head bears a sharply bent bill, a bare structure colored pale pink basally with an extensive black tip.

Family

Phoenicopteridae

Region

Central America & Caribbean · South America

Range

Caribbean/South America

Habitat

Coastal

Dominant color

Pink

Conservation status

Near Threatened