Flamingos Identification | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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There are six species of Flamingo called the American Flamingo (Caribbean Flamingo), Andean Flamingo, Chilean Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Jamess Flamingo (Puna Flamingo), and Lesser Flamingo.

The Chilean Flamingo is the only species to have grey legs with pink leg joints. The Lesser Flamingo is the smallest Flamingo and has a dark red beak and dark yellow-orange eyes surrounded by a reddish-brown ring and dark bare skin between the eye and beak. The Andean Flamingo and Jamess Flamingo both have yellow beaks with black tips but the Jamess Flamingo has bright red skin between the eye and the beak and the Andean Flamingo has a distinctive black triangle patch on its plumage. The Greater Flamingo is the largest species and has a long curved neck and restrictive black tip on the beak. The American Flamingo is also large but generally does not have such a pale plumage as the Greater Flamingo.