one of which is the Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), which is featured in the above video. The clip shows the bird moving its beak from side to side in the water as it filter feeds.

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

“The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) with its uniquely shaped beak adapted for filter-feeding and long legs for wading is a star attraction of Chilika in winters. About a thousand of ...