Greater flamingo

"European flamingos live in large flocks. In some places, there are as many as 200,000 pairs living together!"

Discover in real life
Greater flamingoPhoenicopterus roseus

  • Food

    small aquatic animals such as crayfish and shrimp

  • Lifetime

    30 years

  • Weight

    4 kilos

  • Number of eggs

    1 to 6 eggs

  • Incubation time

    1 month

  • IUCN Status

    safe

  • EEP?

    no

Flaming Birds

The word flamingo comes from the Latin word ‘flammans’, which means ‘flaming’. The pink colour of the flamingo comes from the natural colourants their food. Newborn flamingos have a grey colour. It takes about two years for them to become fully pink. How brightly pink a flamingo’s feathers become, depends on the species.

Flamingo's in Eindhoven Zoo

Theme area: A eye for detail

You can see the Greater flamingo in the ‘An Eye for Detail’ themed area. Here, you can see things that aren’t immediately obvious: patterns, adaptations and clever forms of camouflage or deterrence.

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Meet the other animals in the theme area, an eye for detail