Interesting Fact About Flamingos

1- Flamingos live an average of 20 to 30 years.

2- A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.

3- Nests are built up by mouthfuls of mud!

4- Males and females look alike.

 
5- The Andean flamingo has yellow legs and feet.

 
6- All flamingos feed with their bills upside-down. They tip their head into the water and filter feed, using special adaptations in the top half of their bill, to gather the microorganisms that make up their diet.

7- The flamingo is unique in that the adults, both male and female, provide their young with a type of milk called crop milk.

 
8- There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.

 
9- Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other tucked beneath the body