By: Makayla

1. Flamingos
By: Makayla

2. Weight & Length
WEIGHT
Dad-7lbs
Mom-6lbs The average weight of an adult: Flamingo
is 4lbs.
LENGTH
3-3.4 ft.

3. Color
Flamingos can be white, pink, or blue & green. Flamingos are
covered in feathers.

4. How does a Flamingo breath?
Flamingos breathe through their lungs and hold their breath
when their head is in the water or mud.

5. Eggs & babies
Flamingos are born from eggs. Flamingos lay one egg that
hatches in 30 days per pregenacy.

6. Baby Flamingos
Baby flamingos are just called baby flamingos.

7. Do flamingos travel?
Yes, but they prefer to fly at night with cloudless skies.
Flamingos can fly about 373 miles in just one night, and
migrate in the winter to warmer climates.

8. Where do flamingos live?
Flamingos live in Chilean,Andean, South America and India.

9. Cold or warm blooded
Flamingos are warm blooded which means they can make
their own body heat even when it's cold outside.

10. What do flamingos eat?
Flamingos are omnivores. They eat brine shrimp,aquatic
plants,algae and crustaceans.

11. How do flamingos protect themselves?
Flamingos live in groups or colonies and protect each other
when some flamingos heads are in water or mud.

12. Endangered?
Flamingos are not endangered but in 1924, the James
flamingo was believed to be extinct but was found sharing the
habitat with the Chilean Flamingo.

13. FUN FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
● Flamingos get their color by the food they eat. For
example flamingos can be pink from brine shrimp or
blueish green from algae.
● Flamingos can stand on one leg for four hours when
sleeping.

15. FLAMINGOS
American flamingo
Andean flamingo
Chilean flamingo
Greater flamingo
Lesser flamingo
James flamingo