Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus (ruber) roseus
Wild Greater Flamingoes probably reach Britain occasionally but the origin of extralimital records is difficult to judge as escaped birds also occur (such as the ringed bird at the bottom of this page). The species is common in parts of the Mediterranean, nowhere more famously than the Camargue in France from where most of the following photos were taken.
%20L.jpg "Greater Flamingo, Camargue, 25-May-00") |
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Greater Flamingos, Camargue (Bouche du Rhone, France), 25th May 2000
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Greater Flamingo, Camargue (Bouche du Rhone, France), 1st May 1999
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Greater Flamingo, Camargue (Bouche du Rhone, France), 30th May 2000
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Greater Flamingo, Camargue (Bouche du Rhone, France), 25th May 2000
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Greater Flamingoes, Camargue (Bouche du Rhone, France), 25th April 1999
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Greater Flamingoes, Camargue (Bouche du Rhone, France), 1st May 1999
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%20L.JPG "Greater Flamingo, Goksu Delta, 9-May-10") |
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Greater Flamingoes, Göksu Delta (Turkey), 9th May 2010
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%20L.JPG "Greater Flamingo, Etang d'Urbino, 17-Apr-08") |
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Greater Flamingo, Etang d'Urbino (Corsica, France), 17th April 2008
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%20L.JPG "Greater Flamingo, Minsmere, 10-Sep-11") |
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escaped Greater Flamingo, Minsmere (Suffolk, UK), 10th September 2011 - this bird, bearing a blue ring inscribed M30, has wandered around much of southern and eastern Britain and apparently escaped from Marlow Zoo
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