The heaviest and tallest flamingo is the greater flamingo, which stands at 3.9 to 4.7 feet tall and weighs 4.6 to 9 pounds. The shortest and lightest flamingo is the lesser flamingo, which stands at 2 ...

Gertrude the flamingo tucks in her long legs each spring and sits next to other female flamingos as they warm eggs in their nests. Gertrude seemed content to never have hatched a chick of her own.

A group of flamingos is most famously called a 'flamboyance'. Officials in India use satellite rings to track Greater Flamingo migration. Flamingos get their pink color from carotenoids in their diet.

In a shocking twist to the conventional view, flamingos actually start life with grey and white feathers. It takes time to develop their signature pink colouration. This peculiarity with their ...