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francoisd
 Post subject: Flamingo: Greater
Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:05 am 
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

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Other names:
Afrikaans: Grootflamink
German: Flamingo
French: Flamant rose
Portuguese: Flamingo-comum
Dutch: Flamingo

The feeding flamingos were photographed at the Geelbek hide in West Coast National Park.

Well one should not be able to confuse a flamingo for any other bird and the most noticeable difference between the Greater and Lesser flamingos when they are not feeding together is the bill colour. Greater flamingo has a pinkish bill with a black tip whereas the bill of the Lesser Flamingo is an all dark red


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Roan
 Post subject: Re: Flamingo: Greater
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Has anyone seen any flamingo's in Kruger lately? :hmz:

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Johan van Rensburg
 Post subject: Re: Flamingo: Greater
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Seen at my home patch... St Anderton

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granjan
 Post subject: Re: Flamingo: Greater
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Very poor cropped pic but saw these at Matambene bird hide in Feb 2010.

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Highbury
 Post subject: Re: Flamingo: Greater
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I saw a single Greater Flamingo from the Matambeni hide about 2 weeks ago .


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Roan
 Post subject: Re: Flamingo: Greater
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Thank you Highbury. Will keep an eye out net time i'm there.

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