Greater Flamingos prefer a habitat that lacks vegetation. An abundance of vegetation can prove to be competition for some of the flamingo’s diet. It is one of five species of extant Phoenicopteridae, an avian group probably most … Vegetation may also attracts or gain the attention of predators.

Greater flamingo is the largest & most widespread species of flamingo.

Waterbirds 23 (Special Publication 1):150-159, 2000 When flamingos began to breed in zoos in the 1950s, knowledge of their biology and behavior was rather poor, and Brown (1959)

Breeding populations are calculated for the protection of the species. This species isclosely related to the Greater Flamingo and is still referred to frequently as the “Caribbean flamingo”, although its presence in Galapagos makes that name problematic. Key words.-adaptations, behavior, breeding, Greater Flamingo, growth, molt, Phoenicopterus ruber roseus, social stimulation, synchronization, unpredictable conditions.