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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Flamingo. | Oct 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Flamingos use their L-shaped beak and morphing feet to induce vortical traps for prey capture. | Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Assessment of the American Flamingo distribution, trends, and important breeding areas. | Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Visual fields in Flamingos: chick-feeding versus filter-feeding (PDF). | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Biology Letters - Mechanical evidence that flamingos can support their body on one leg with little active muscular force. | Jan 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Ecology and Evolution - A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae). | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oiseaux-birds.com - Family Phoenicopteridae. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Changed the scientific name of the Greater flamingo from Phoenicopterus ruber to Phoenicopterus roseus. | Jan 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - Why are Flamingos Pink? And Other Flamingo Facts. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Flamingo. | Aug 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AZ animals - Flamingo. | Feb 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Animal Foundation - Flamingo. | Dec 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Nature - Flamingo Fact Sheet. | Jul 13, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Sep 24, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Spruce - Fun facts about Flamingos. | Jun 20, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Flamingo. | Jan 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Animals - Flamingo. | Aug 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun, Science and Technology for Kids - Fun Flamingo Facts for Kids. | Aug 16, 2016 | ||
| Media added | Jun 15, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Flamingo. | Jul 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Flamingo. | Jul 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Enchanted Learning - American Flamingo. | Jul 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Flamingo. | Jul 30, 2013 | ||
| Number of species changed from five to six. | Feb 01, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Flamingo. | May 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Flamingo Facts. | Dec 28, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment - Flamingos. | Feb 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment - Flamingos. | Feb 13, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 20, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 14, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 23, 1999 |
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