What is the Chilean flamingo?

2 lives anywhere from sea level to mountains that reach 14,760 feet (4,500 m). These birds are among the larger types of flamingos. Chilean flamingos can live up to 50 years in the wild and up to 40 years in captivity. The Chilean flamingo can have a wing span between 3.9 and 4.9 feet (1.2 to 1.5 m). These birds can weigh between £ 5.5 and £ 7.7 (£ 2.5 to 3.5 kg).

The feathers of the Chilean flamingo are largely pink. The feathers of the wings usually range from darker pink to red and include black flight feathers that help with energy and lifting when these birds fly. The legs and joints of these birds are also pink, although their legs move in color from yellow to yellow. Their beaks start down pinkish white and then turn the black in front of the "halfway" brand. The mature Chilean flamingo has largely gray feathers.

Chilean flamingos are social birds. Live in large colonies or flocks that mayinclude 1,000 or more birds. Natural predators of these birds are few and include raceers and human beings. Raceci will eat a Chilean flamingo. Human beings eat flamingos and tongues, use bird feathers and hunt birds for sport. People have another impact on Chilean flamingos due to damage to the natural bird habitats. According to the Convention on International Trade with Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II, Chilean Flamingos are considered an almost endangered species.

Like other types of flamingos, Chilean flamingos are filter feeders and their beaks light up with water near the surface after using the legs to kick mud to find food. These birds have slits writing their beaks that take water. Their languages ​​force this water through the ridges or spine called slats that are located at the edges of the account to catch food such as seeds, insect larvae, worms and plankton.

Chilean flamingo is sexually mature when the bird reaches about six years. A woman usually produces one egg,which incubate for 26 to 31 days. After hatching the egg, the chicken is fed with a cloth called "crop milk". Crop milk develops in the upper digestive traces of male and female birds. In addition to feeding milk with chickens, other flamingos can provide a chicken milk.