Greater Flamingo
The greater flamingo (or Phoenicopterus roseus) is a large species of migratory bird that is widespread across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. It lives on the mudflats and coastal lagoons of temperate and warm environments, and is a filter feeder which uses its beak to stir up mud and filter out algae, invertebrates and seeds.
They are covered with pale-pink to orange-pink feathers, pink legs and a pink beak with a black tip. They have black flight feathers and often brighter pink patches on their wings.
Male and female flamingoes look the same, measuring between 1.1m and 1.5m tall, and weighing between 2kg and 4kg.
Phoenicopterus roseus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Long Grass | 20% | 50% |
| Sand | 0% | 5% |
| Waterlogged | 20% | 100% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
| Soil | 30% | 60% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 4
African temperate group
African wetland group
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 1 or higher 16
- Hedge grade 1 · $0.80 · climbable
- Fabric Netting grade 1 · $1 · climbable
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 5
- Mirror Mobile Toy · score 150 · $100
- Sprinkler Toy · score 100 · $100
- Small Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
- Platform Floats Toy · score 150 · $200
- Waterfall And Metal Frame Toy · score 150 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 150 + 0.75 per additional adult; feeders 2.5 + 0.5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Nutritionally Complete Pellets + Shrimp
- Food / drink amount
- 1 / 0.5
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $36 / $46.50 / $46.50
- Feeders
- Food Bowl - Large, Food Bowl - Small, Forage Pool, Slow Feeder
- Lifespan
- 30–50 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 3 yr / 8 yr / 18 yr / 27 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.06 yr / 0.94 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.4
- Mating system
- Monogamous
- Breeds in
- Summer
- Nest
- Mud mound
- Dominance
- None
- Ecosystem roles
- Aerial Seed Dispersers, Small Prey
- Wild population
- 550,000 - 910,000
- Guests flee if it escapes
- No
Greater flamingoes are social animals and prefer to live in a large flock. Although mating may be monogamous, group members will often help each other protect and feed chicks.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Phoenicopterus roseus
- Class
- Aves
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Biome
- Estuarine, Wetlands, Temperate
- Continent
- Africa, Europe, Asia
- Cohabitation groups
- African temperate group, African wetland group
- Content
- Base game