American Flamingo Facts: the CARIBBEAN Flamingo 🦩 Animal Fact Files

The American flamingo is also known as the Caribbean flamingo due to its distribution. This is the only living flamingo species native to North America... arguably. Learn more American flamingo facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Phoenicopterus ruber Range: northern South America, eastern Central America, and southern North America as well as the Galapagos islands Habitat: mud flats, salt marshes, shallow lakes, etc. Size: 5 feet (152 cm) tall, 4-8 pounds (1.8-3.6 kg) Diet: small invertebrates, algae, plant seeds, etc. Threats: racoons, jaguars, birds of prey, humans, etc. Lifespan: 20 years is typical 🦩 MORE FLAMINGO (and friends) FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES 🦩 10 Flamingo Facts You Never Knew -    • Flamingo 🦩 (10 FACTS You NEVER KNEW)   Flamingo Fact File -    • Flamingo Facts: Life in EXTREME Environmen...   Spoonbill Facts -    • Spoonbill facts: BIRDS with SPOON-SHAPED B...   ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ 👉   / animalfactfiles   There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok -   / animalfactfilesyt   📸 Instagram -   / animalfactfiles   🐦 Twitter -   / animalfactfiles   📚 Facebook -   / animalfactfiles   --- American Flamgino APPEARANCE 0:00 American Flamgino IN FLORIDA 0:49 American Flamgino RANGE and HABITAT 1:36 American Flamgino DIET and THREATS 2:21 American Flamgino LIFE CYCLE 3:06 American Flamgino CALL 4:18 Thanks! 4:38 --- Image and Video Credits: UanGuz - https://freesound.org/people/UanGuz/s... Watervogelbond - https://vimeo.com/107381768 Infraction - No Copyright Music - "Childhood" -    • Comedy Cinematic Orchestra by Infraction [...   Research Credits: https://academic.oup.com/condor/artic... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a... https://books.google.com/books?id=KXM... https://books.google.com/books?id=YP0... https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/am... https://ebird.org/species/grefla2 https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/facts... https://nhpbs.org/wild/greaterflaming... #animalfactfiles #flamingo #flamingofacts