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= The Andean Flamingo

= =__ Appearance __= ====**The Andean flamingo has a pale pink upperpart, deep vinaceous-pink lower neck, breasts, and wing-coverts. The Andean flamingo is the only species that have three toes. The bill is pale yellow and black. The eyes are dark red-brown.**====

=__ Habitat, Diet, and General Info __= ===The Andean flamingo lives in the wetlands of southern Peru to northwest Argentina and northern Chile. Their diet is mostly diatoms which are at the bottom of the lake.The Andean flamingo usually lives up to 30 years .It stands 1 m-1.4m tall. The average weight is about 4 kilograms.===

The Andean flamingo reproduces, has one or more cells, it grows and it needs air, water, food and shelter.
= = =__ Enemies and Disturbances __= ===Flamingos eggs and chicks are preyed upon by birds such as eagles and vultures and animals such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, foxes, dogs and jackals. Humans have destroyed the flamingo's habitat by mining, building roads and draining the water from their habitat. In some places flamingo eggs are removed from nests and sold. Wild flamingos once lived in the southern parts of Florida in the United States but people killed them for their feathers and the birds died out. Because of people, there are only 38000 left.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍=== = = =__ Reproduction __=

**They are monomongous for several seasons. Male flamingos display their feathers and plumage in an effort to court females.**
media type="custom" key="24042962" = = =__ Migration __= ====**The Andean flamingo has the ability to fly 700 kilometres per day. They can travel at 50-60 km per/hour. They migrate from Lima to Santiago. It is 3700 km from Lima to Santiago. During the summer, when migration, Andean flamingos prefer elevations between 11,483 and 14,764 feet in the puna and altiplano regions of the Andes.**====

Reference: I got my pictures from wikipedia and google images and my video from youtube.

 * < Kingdom ||< Anamalia ||
 * Phylum || Chordata ||
 * Class || Aves ||
 * Order || Phoenicopteriformes ||
 * Family || Phoenicopteridae ||
 * Genus || Phoenicopterus ||
 * Speices || P. andinus ||

This is what the chart above means.
Anamalia basically means that they are multicelluar andd eukaryotic organisms. Chordata means that they have a backbone. Aves means that they are a bird like feathered, winged, or bipedal. They also have to lay eggs. Phoenicopteriformes are the only group in the phoenicopteriformes group. These birds are filter feeders who have modified life for feeding upside down! Phoenicopteridae means that they are a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Phoenicopterus means 'purple winged' or a taxonomic species