flamingo chick
Wading bird baby
A flamingo chick is a young flamingo, hatched gray or white and fed crop milk by its parents.
The chicks develop their characteristic pink coloration gradually as they mature, typically over two to three years, as pigments from their diet of shrimp and algae accumulate in their feathers.
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- fluffySoft and light-textured
- pinkPale red hue
- nestlingUnfledged young bird
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