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Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Order
Phoenicopteriformes
Family
Phoenicopteridae
Presence in the Strait
Seasonal
Abundance
rare
Protection in Spain
Special protection (List)
In Spanish
Flamenco común

Photograph: El Golli Mohamed, CC BY-SA 4.0, vía Wikimedia Commons

Length
145 cm
Wingspan
140–165 cm
Weight
2,700–3,550 g
050100150200LENGTH145 cmWINGSPAN140–165 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Rare winter visitor to coastal wetlands, normally the Marismas del Palmones. More common during migration.

Identification

Unmistakable. Juveniles are grey-brown with dark legs lacking pink and red tones.

Movements

Other than migration they disperse and are nomadic throughout the wetlands in the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast of Africa as far south as Senegal. Peaks in the Strait region in 2nd hf. March and 2nd hf. September.

Ring recoveries

From the two most important colonies in Europe: 91 birds from La Camargue in France (especially in February, October and November) and 17 birds from Fuente de Piedra in Málaga. Threskiornithidae

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.