Greater Flamingo

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the Flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, south west Asia and southern Europe.

It is a large species (120-140cm)closely related to Caribbean Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo, with which it is sometimes considered conspecific. This article follows the treatment Ibis (2002) 144 707-710

Like all flamingos it lays a single chalky white egg on a mud mound.

Most of the plumage is pinkish white, but the wing coverts[?] are red, and the primary and secondary flight feathers[?] are black.

The bill is pink with a restricted black tip, and the legs are entirely pink. The call is a goose-like honking.