Juvenile © Luiz Moschini
Adult © Luke Seitz
Adult © Jeremiah Trimble
Adult © Chris Wood
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Immature © Mark Faherty
Adult © Freddy Olivares
© Dominic Garcia-Hall

Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis

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Identification

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Widespread and often numerous; found at shallow lakes and lagoons from the high Andes to Patagonian steppe and even in coastal waters. Adult is distinctive: pale pink with a salmon-pink “bustle” and grayish legs with red feet and “knees.” Immature often obviously smaller than adult, but has longer bill “hook” than the smaller and shorter-legged James’s Flamingo. Chilean Flamingo lacks the clean-cut black triangle on closed wings seen on Andean Flamingo. Far-carrying calls can suggest honking of geese.

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