English: Greater Flamingo
Russian: Розовый Фламинго
German: Rosaflamingo
French: Flamant rose
Mongolian: Ягаан нал
Japanese: オオフラミンゴ (O-furamingo)

Body length: 120-145 cm
Wing span: 140-170 cm

Habitat: Breeds in a few but large colonies on low islands and banks on extensive, open shallow, muddy beaches or at salt lakes, sea-bays, etc. Sensitive to disturbance. S European population 35,000 pairs.

Identification: White with pinky tone, red wing-coverts and black flight-feathers. Note that bill is mostly pink with only extreme tip black, that legs are entirely pink, and that plumage is more white than pink. Often seen in large, tinghtly packed flocks (appearing like whitish-pink strip on the horizon). In flight the red on the wings is conspicuous, and neck and legs are held fully extended (neck almost ridiculously long, drooping a little basally). Wingbeats continuous, fairly rapid.

• Adults similar but ♂ averages larger and often has slightly stronger pink-red colours.
• Immature: Brownish juv, plumage quickly bleaches and is moulted to near-white with darker shaft-streaks and dark-tipped wing-coverts. Bill pale grey, eye dark. Pink attained slowly from 2nd year.
• Juvenile: Grey-brown, white-bellied.