Class Aves	Diet Larvae and chrysalids of Brine-flies, Brine-shrimps, molluses and algae
Order Phoenicopteriformes

Behaviour
Flamingos have long necks and legs. They obtain their food by use of highly specialised bills which they hold upside down in the water and move from side to side to sieve out small particles of food. American Flamingo is the most brightly coloured of the flamingos. It is the only species which has red adult plumage all over the body. The adult male and adult female appear to be identical, but the female is smaller.