-Feather color varies with species, ranging from pale
pink to crimson or vermilion.
-Caribbean flamingos have the brightest coloration: crimson or vermilion.
• The Chilean flamingo is pale pink.
-Feather coloration is derived from carotenoid pigments
found in a flamingo's food.
-Male and female flamingo coloration is the same.
-Newly-hatched chicks are gray or white.
Juveniles are grayish, taking approximately one to two years to obtain full adult coloration.
- Parents may lose some of their pink coloration while raising young.
- Coloration of a flamingo's legs and feet
varies according to species - from yellow to orange or pink-red. The Andean flamingo is the only species that has yellow legs and feet.
