The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

FLAMINGO

The flamingo is a bird of the genus Phoenicopterus allied to the ducks. The
flamingo has long legs and stands about 180 centimetres tall. The beak is naked, lamellate at the edges and bent.
Flamingos are generally pink or scarlet in colour and live in southern Europe and northern Africa around sea coasts and salt marshes.
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