Key Facts
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Biometrics:
Length: 120 to 145 cm, Weight: 2100 to 4100 g, Wingspan: 140 to 165 cm
Range:
Africa, southern Asia, Middle East and southern Europe
Habitat:
Large, shallow, highly alkaline or saline inland lakes, saline lagoons and estuaries. They breed on mudflats, sandbanks, open beaches and sandy or rocky islands in large water-bodies, sometimes on sandy islands of intertidal areas, especially in Mauritania. They frequent freshwater areas, only for drinking and bathing
Clicked at: Bhigwan, Maharashtra
