{"id":188862,"date":"2022-07-18T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:14:30","slug":"how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you tell a female flamingo from a male?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#How_do_you_tell_a_female_flamingo_from_a_male\" title=\"How do you tell a female flamingo from a male?\">How do you tell a female flamingo from a male?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#What_color_are_female_flamingos\" title=\"What color are female flamingos?\">What color are female flamingos?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Why_do_female_flamingos_lose_their_color\" title=\"Why do female flamingos lose their color?\">Why do female flamingos lose their color?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#What_does_a_female_flamingo_look_like\" title=\"What does a female flamingo look like?\">What does a female flamingo look like?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Are_blue_flamingo_real\" title=\"Are blue flamingo real?\">Are blue flamingo real?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Is_flamingo_poop_pink\" title=\"Is flamingo poop pink?\">Is flamingo poop pink?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Are_male_and_female_flamingos_the_same_color\" title=\"Are male and female flamingos the same color?\">Are male and female flamingos the same color?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#How_can_you_tell_a_male_flamingo_from_a_female\" title=\"How can you tell a male flamingo from a female?\">How can you tell a male flamingo from a female?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Are_female_flamingos_white\" title=\"Are female flamingos white?\">Are female flamingos white?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Are_flamingos_born_white_or_pink\" title=\"Are flamingos born white or pink?\">Are flamingos born white or pink?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Why_do_flamingos_lose_their_color\" title=\"Why do flamingos lose their color?\">Why do flamingos lose their color?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Why_do_flamingos_go_from_grey_to_pink\" title=\"Why do flamingos go from grey to pink?\">Why do flamingos go from grey to pink?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Why_are_flamingos_turning_white\" title=\"Why are flamingos turning white?\">Why are flamingos turning white?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Why_do_flamingos_turn_pink_as_they_get_older\" title=\"Why do flamingos turn pink as they get older?\">Why do flamingos turn pink as they get older?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#How_do_you_tell_if_a_flamingo_is_male_or_female\" title=\"How do you tell if a flamingo is male or female?\">How do you tell if a flamingo is male or female?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Are_there_male_flamingos\" title=\"Are there male flamingos?\">Are there male flamingos?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#What_color_is_a_female_flamingo\" title=\"What color is a female flamingo?\">What color is a female flamingo?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#What_do_you_call_baby_flamingos\" title=\"What do you call baby flamingos?\">What do you call baby flamingos?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Why_do_flamingos_turn_blue\" title=\"Why do flamingos turn blue?\">Why do flamingos turn blue?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Can_you_make_blue_flamingos\" title=\"Can you make blue flamingos?\">Can you make blue flamingos?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#What_is_the_rarest_color_of_flamingo\" title=\"What is the rarest color of flamingo?\">What is the rarest color of flamingo?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#What_colour_flamingos_are_there\" title=\"What colour flamingos are there?\">What colour flamingos are there?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Do_flamingos_have_pink_blood\" title=\"Do flamingos have pink blood?\">Do flamingos have pink blood?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Are_flamingos_actually_pink\" title=\"Are flamingos actually pink?\">Are flamingos actually pink?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-tell-a-female-flamingo-from-a-male\/#Do_flamingos_have_pink_milk\" title=\"Do flamingos have pink milk?\">Do flamingos have pink milk?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_tell_a_female_flamingo_from_a_male\"><\/span>How do you tell a female flamingo from a male?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The only obvious difference between the sexes is size  <b>the male flamingo is somewhat larger than the female. It&#8217;s not a myth  flamingos actually DO stand on one leg. It seems to be a comfortable resting position. Flamingos are long-lived.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_color_are_female_flamingos\"><\/span>What color are female flamingos?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But flamingos aren&#8217;t actually born pink. They are <b>grey or white, and turn pink over the first couple of years of their lives. The word &#8216;flamingo&#8217; comes from the Latin word &#8216;flamenco&#8217; which means fire, and refers to the bright colour of the birds&#8217; feathers.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_female_flamingos_lose_their_color\"><\/span>Why do female flamingos lose their color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Flamingos  both male and female  can lose their pink pigments outside of breeding season. That&#8217;s because <b>the breeding is so intensive and so much of their food is used for their chicks. During this time their white colour basically means &#8216;Please leave me alone.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_a_female_flamingo_look_like\"><\/span>What does a female flamingo look like?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It has a very long neck, long pink legs and webbed pink feet with three toes. It has a large hooked bill with a black tip that is curved down. <b>Males and females look alike, although the male is a little larger. The flamingo is a filter feeder and it is uniquely adapted for feeding.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_blue_flamingo_real\"><\/span>Are blue flamingo real?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But flamingos aren&#8217;t actually born pink. They are <b>grey or white, and turn pink over the first couple of years of their lives. The word &#8216;flamingo&#8217; comes from the Latin word &#8216;flamenco&#8217; which means fire, and refers to the bright colour of the birds&#8217; feathers.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_flamingo_poop_pink\"><\/span>Is flamingo poop pink?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It has a very long neck, long pink legs and webbed pink feet with three toes. It has a large hooked bill with a black tip that is curved down. <b>Males and females look alike, although the male is a little larger. The flamingo is a filter feeder and it is uniquely adapted for feeding.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_male_and_female_flamingos_the_same_color\"><\/span>Are male and female flamingos the same color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Male and female flamingo coloration is the same. Newly-hatched chicks are gray or white. Juveniles are grayish, taking approximately one to two years to obtain full adult coloration. Parents may lose some of their pink coloration while raising young.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_you_tell_a_male_flamingo_from_a_female\"><\/span>How can you tell a male flamingo from a female?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The only obvious difference between the sexes is size  <b>the male flamingo is somewhat larger than the female. It&#8217;s not a myth  flamingos actually DO stand on one leg. It seems to be a comfortable resting position. Flamingos are long-lived.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_female_flamingos_white\"><\/span>Are female flamingos white?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Flamingos  <b>both male and female  can lose their pink pigments outside of breeding season. That&#8217;s because the breeding is so intensive and so much of their food is used for their chicks. During this time their white colour basically means &#8216;Please leave me alone.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_flamingos_born_white_or_pink\"><\/span>Are flamingos born white or pink?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The name flamingo comes from the Portuguese\/Spanish word &#8216;flamengo&#8217; which translates to &#8216;flame-coloured&#8217; in relation to their vibrant feathers, however, <b>they aren&#8217;t actually born pink. Instead, when flamingo chicks hatch they have a dull grey colouration to their feathers.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_flamingos_lose_their_color\"><\/span>Why do flamingos lose their color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The amount of pigment laid down in the feathers depends on the quantity of pigment in the flamingo&#8217;s diet. <b>An absence of carotenoids in its food will result in new feather growth that is very pale; the existing pigment is lost through molting<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_flamingos_go_from_grey_to_pink\"><\/span>Why do flamingos go from grey to pink?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Flamingos get their pink color <b>from their food.<\/b> They are also found in the microscopic algae that brine shrimp eat. As a flamingo dines on algae and brine shrimp, its body metabolizes the pigments  turning its feathers pink.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_are_flamingos_turning_white\"><\/span>Why are flamingos turning white?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The reason for this coloring is <b>because of what flamingos eat. The bird generally munches on algae, shrimp, and other crustaceans, and these foods are loaded with beta carotene (also called carotenoids), a pigment that a flamingo&#8217;s liver breaks down and then is absorbed by the bird&#8217;s fat.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_flamingos_turn_pink_as_they_get_older\"><\/span>Why do flamingos turn pink as they get older?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s pink in color <b>due to the carotenoids in the flamingo&#8217;s diet. The milk takes a high amount of the carotenoids from the parent flamingo that it can actually turn the adult flamingo&#8217;s plumage white after a while.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_tell_if_a_flamingo_is_male_or_female\"><\/span>How do you tell if a flamingo is male or female?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The only obvious difference between the sexes is size  <b>the male flamingo is somewhat larger than the female. It&#8217;s not a myth  flamingos actually DO stand on one leg.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_there_male_flamingos\"><\/span>Are there male flamingos?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Males reach full size between one-and-a-half and two years. Male flamingos are slightly larger than females, weighing more and having longer wingspans; however, visual sex determination of flamingos is unreliable. The wingspan of flamingos ranges from 95 to 100 cm (37-39 in.)<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_color_is_a_female_flamingo\"><\/span>What color is a female flamingo?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>pink<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_call_baby_flamingos\"><\/span>What do you call baby flamingos?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Like most other birds, a baby flamingo can be called <b>a chick. More specifically, though, a baby flamingo is called a flaminglet.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_flamingos_turn_blue\"><\/span>Why do flamingos turn blue?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Carotenoids in crustaceans such as those in the flamingo diet are frequently linked to protein molecules, and may be blue or green. After being digested, the carotenoid pigments dissolve in fats and are deposited in the growing feathers, becoming orange or pink.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_make_blue_flamingos\"><\/span>Can you make blue flamingos?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It would be an amazing world if we could change the color of these strange birds by modifying their diet, but alas <b>we cannot. Changing the aspect of a bird&#8217;s plumage is more complicated than adding food coloring to a flower&#8217;s water. I think this is what makes many people believe different colored flamingos could exist.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_rarest_color_of_flamingo\"><\/span>What is the rarest color of flamingo?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The unusually colored bird could be one of a kind, experts say. For one flamingo in Cyprus, black is the new pink. A rare <b>black greater flamingo made news this month after it was spotted among a flock of white and pink brethren at the Akrotiri Environmental Center on the Mediterranean island nation.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_colour_flamingos_are_there\"><\/span>What colour flamingos are there?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They are <b>grey or white, and turn pink over the first couple of years of their lives. The word &#8216;flamingo&#8217; comes from the Latin word &#8216;flamenco&#8217; which means fire, and refers to the bright colour of the birds&#8217; feathers. However, there was an amazing black flamingo spotted in Cyprus.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_flamingos_have_pink_blood\"><\/span>Do flamingos have pink blood?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Though the pink coloration is most obvious in a flamingo&#8217;s plumage, the carotenoids spread a lot further. Flamingo skin is pink and <b>flamingo blood is pink, but popular claims that flamingo eggs or even flamingo egg yolk is pink are completely untrue, and any photos showing it have been photoshopped.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_flamingos_actually_pink\"><\/span>Are flamingos actually pink?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s Pink Flamingo Day! <b>Flamingos and shrimp are actually both pink from eating algae that contains carotenoid pigments. Flamingos eat both algae and shrimp-like critters, and both contribute to their fabulous pinkness.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_flamingos_have_pink_milk\"><\/span>Do flamingos have pink milk?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Not to be confused with milk produced from mammalian species, <b>the crop milk produced by flamingos is a highly nutritious bright pink secretion made in an adult&#8217;s throat, and is so densely packed with carotenoids that when breeding season is over both male and female parents often appear white, losing the pink <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How do you tell a female flamingo from a male?What color are female flamingos?Why do female flamingos lose their color?What does a female flamingo look like?Are blue flamingo real?Is flamingo poop pink?Are male and female flamingos the same color?How can you tell a male flamingo from a female?Are female flamingos white?Are flamingos&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}