Phoenicopteriformes

Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)

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• Large waterbirds with long neck and legs, and unique downcurved bill adapted to filter-feeding.
• All regions except Australasian and Antarctic.
• Shallow waterbodies, normally saline, brackish or alkaline; coastal or inland, from sea-level up to c. 5000 m.
• 3 genera, 5 species, 6 taxa.
• 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.