James's flamingos (Phoenicopterus jamesi) feeding by Laguna Colorada (the Coloured Lake), Bolivia, at sunset. Flamingos have exceptionally long legs a
James's flamingos (Phoenicopterus jamesi) feeding by Laguna Colorada (the Coloured Lake), Bolivia, at sunset. Flamingos have exceptionally long legs and long, flexible necks. They submerge their bills in the water to feed by filtering algae and other tiny organisms. James's flamingos, along with the other two types of Andean flamingos, flock to this lake to raise their chicks from November. This salty lake lies within the Salar de Uyuni, a salt basin on the Bolivian altiplano (mountain plateau) that lies over kilometres high in the Andes mountains.
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