Pink Greater Flamingo Birds at London Whipsnade Zoo These famous pink birds can be found in warm, watery regions on many continents. They favour environments like estuaries lakes. They are good swimmers and thrive on the extensive mud flats where they breed and feed. Greater flamingos are likely to be the only tall, pink bird in any given locale. They also have long, lean, curved necks and black-tipped bills with a distinctive downward bend. Their bent bills allow them to feed on small organisms—plankton, tiny fish, fly larvae, and the like. In muddy flats or shallow water, they use their long legs and webbed feet to stir up the bottom. They then bury their bills, or even their entire heads, and suck up both mud and water to access the tasty morsels within. A flamingo's beak has a filter like structure to remove food from the water before the liquid is expelled. Shrimp like crustaceans are responsible for the flamingo's pink color. The birds pale in capt...
