a red-orange pigment that’s found in high amounts within the algae, brine fly larvae, and brine shrimp that flamingos eat in their wetland environment.” The other thing worth noting about our ...

FEEDING: Flamingos are wading filter-feeders, principally feeding on algae. THREATS: The Andean flamingo is threatened by habitat loss due to resource extraction; water contamination; tourism; and ...

Flamingos get their pink color from the food they eat. Their diet is rich in “carotenoids,” which are natural pigments found ...

Paul Mannix, licensed under CC BY 2.0 If you're a flamingo, you really are what you eat: the colour comes from a diet of shrimp and microalgae, in particular diatoms and blue-green algae. Flamingo ...