Species

Greater Flamingo

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Greater Flamingo." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/greater-flamingo.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Greater Flamingo. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/greater-flamingo

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-greater-flamingo,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Greater Flamingo},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/greater-flamingo},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The largest and most widespread flamingo species, breeding in shallow saline lagoons across Africa, southern Europe and southwestern Asia, with the brine ponds of the Camargue in southern France providing one of its few regular European breeding sites.

Facts

Scientific Name

Phoenicopterus roseus 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Cross-Tradition Connections