Sunday, July 23, 2006
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During our recent 'technical difficulties' we somehow missed this news item from July 19, describing the birth of a flamingo in Great Britain.
Rare flamingo born in captivity
A rare lesser flamingo chick has hatched at Slimbridge on the hottest day of the year. The baby bird, which has yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be born at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in its 60-year history.
Experts said it is very unusual for lesser flamingos to breed in captivity. Only 10 of the birds' eggs have ever been laid at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, and the new arrival is the first live birth there.
A spokesman explained that lesser flamingos really only breed at one site in the world, a lake in Tanzania. With the lake becoiming threatened with pollution the lesser flamingo has been placed on a threatened species list.
Bird, of course, is a "greater flamingo" or a 'phoenicopterus ruber' The lesser flamingos are 'phoenicopterus minor." It makes little difference, and as Bird says, "Hey, we're all pink and that's what counts."
There is also a phoenicopterus chilensis, which is the chilean flamingo.
A phoenicopterus minor adult is pictured above.
Rare flamingo born in captivityA rare lesser flamingo chick has hatched at Slimbridge on the hottest day of the year. The baby bird, which has yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be born at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in its 60-year history.
Experts said it is very unusual for lesser flamingos to breed in captivity. Only 10 of the birds' eggs have ever been laid at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, and the new arrival is the first live birth there.
A spokesman explained that lesser flamingos really only breed at one site in the world, a lake in Tanzania. With the lake becoiming threatened with pollution the lesser flamingo has been placed on a threatened species list.
Bird, of course, is a "greater flamingo" or a 'phoenicopterus ruber' The lesser flamingos are 'phoenicopterus minor." It makes little difference, and as Bird says, "Hey, we're all pink and that's what counts."
There is also a phoenicopterus chilensis, which is the chilean flamingo.
A phoenicopterus minor adult is pictured above.
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