Andean flamingo
phoenicoparrus andinus latin

As a result, the Andean flamingos are threatened species.

The bill of the Andean Flamingo is pale yellow and black.

The Andean Flamingo's habitat is constantly changing due to human activity.

These salt lakes are home to the endemic Andean Flamingo.

Their reports confirm fears of a precipitous decline in one species, the Andean flamingo, over the last 25 years.

It is smaller in size (length and breadth) compared to the other species including the closely related Andean flamingo.

The Andean Flamingo is a migratory bird with the ability to travel up to 700 miles in one day.

Andean flamingos feed from the bottom layer of the lake for small particles, mainly diatoms.

The Andean Flamingo is considered a vulnerable species due to unnatural changes in its habitat.

As mentioned, Andean Flamingos forage in shallow salty waters for resources.

However, the overall foraging behavior of Andean Flamingo remains unclear and further studies are needed to determine this process.

A small lake still exists in the salt flat and provides a habitat for birds such as the Andean Flamingo.

These increases were documented to be most significant in Chile, the main location for Andean flamingo breeding colonies.

The habitat of the Andean Flamingo is rich in boron compounds, specifically borax.

Andean Flamingos filter surface water for food, but borax mining pollutes this water.

Because the Andean Flamingo is a recent addition to the endangered species list, there have been few implemented plans to protect their species.

It is closely related to the Andean Flamingo, and the two make up the genus Phoenicoparrus.

Borax is fairly toxic at high dosages to animals such as the Andean Flamingo, but not to humans.

Since the 1980s, the number of successful breeding colonies and the total production of chicks of Andean flamingos declined.

All Signatories agree to undertake steps to conserve the high Andean Flamingo throughout their range.

The Andean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus andinus) is one of the rarest flamingos in the world.

Andean flamingos exhibit the most flexible foraging pattern compared to that of the Chilean and James flamingos.

The head, neck and breast of the Andean flamingo have a wine-red hue, and it is the only flamingo with yellow legs.

Both the James and Andean flamingos feed their chicks through an esophageal secretion that is regurgitated from the crop of the bird.

Signatories to the high Andean Flamingos MoU:

Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)

On one particular date in February 1979, Phalaropus tricolor, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, Phoenicoparrus andinus and Phoenicopterus chilensis counted in the area were about one million, out of which 500,000 were reported from Laguna Hedionda and two other lakes.