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Greater flamingo

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Field guideWhy flamingos are pinkA flamingo is not born with an adult pink coat. Food-web carotenoids enter its digestive system, are metabolized into pigment forms, and reach developing feathers; chicks begin gray or white, and adults renew colored plumage during molt as diet and physiology shape the resulting shade.