AMERICAN or CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO Phoencopterus ruber. Filter feeding; swaying head, bill scything side to side water across surface taking invertebrate

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American, Caribbean, Cuban or Rosy Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber). Brighter, more richly coloured, American race of Greater Flamingo (Phoenocopterus r. roseus). Filter feeding from water surface. Portrait. Here at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, England. UK.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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