Greater flamingo

Description

The pink flamingo or Greater flamingo ( Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas,1811 ) is a large bird common in Asia,Africa and southern Europe.The scientific name of the flamingo has a Latin etymology: phoenix = phoenix (interpreted as "purple",from the color of the phoenix ) and pteron = wing;which is literally translated as "purple wings".It reaches a height of 140 c m and a wingspan of 240 c m.It weighs up to 5.6 k g in males and up to 3.5 k g in females.