Flamingo Birds Essay

Flamingo Birds
Introduction: Flamingos are wading birds that belong to the genus Phoenicopterus. Flamingos were considered by the Ancient Egyptians to be the living representation of the God Ra (known by ancient Egyptians as God of the sun). The flamingo name has been derived from the flaming red color of the bird’s feathers.
The Moche people of ancient Peru who placed emphasis on animals often depicted flamingos in their art. Flamingos are the national bird in Bahamas. On the other hand, Roman emperors were fond of dishes made of flamingo tongues for which flamingos were slaughtered. Also, the birds were slaughtered in other regions under the belief of curing some diseases.
Flamingos are very social birds that live in flocks that can be

In that regard, the white or pale flamingo indicates unhealthy or malnourished birds. This has been noticed in captive flamingos and in order to maintain the desired pink color, zoos are adding prawns and other carotene-rich supplements to the diets of flamingos.
Reproduction: The pair relationship (one male and one female) is the basic social unit of flamingos although some mate changes may occur in large colonies. The formation of pairs occurs during a special display among the breeding birds ending by forming the mating pairs.
The female flamingo chooses a suitable spot on the mudflat upon which both the pair contributes to the building of the nest which is a cone of mud. Parents defend the nesting territories. The copulation takes place during nest building. Flamingos will defend their one or two eggs and continue to defend their young.
The parental care is represented in feeding hatched chicks by crop milk produced by parents. Chick nursing is carried out by both parents. At about 7-12 days, the chicks begin to move and explore their surroundings and two weeks after, the chicks join groups of the same age and at this stage, their parents leave them in these groups which come together to form larger groups which contain thousands of chicks representing a means against