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Interesting Facts about Flamingos in Kenya, Did-you-know Facts

Interesting Facts about Flamingos in Kenya, Did-you-know Facts

Kenya, a country in Africa is known for the beautiful pink-colored flamingo bird. This article will look into the interesting facts about flamingos in Kenya. The flamingo has quite some unique details about it that have tourists from across the globe wanting to catch a glimpse of these birds. To begin with, the eggs are laid in Tanzania’s Lake Natron but hatch and mature in Kenya.

Flamingos Taxonomy

Flamingos belong to the Kingdom Chordata and the phylum Aves. There are 6 species of the flamingo bird, of which Kenya has 2 species; the greater and lesser flamingos. The greater flamingo species is larger than the lesser flamingo with a light pink beak contrasted to the lesser flamingo which has a deep red beak with black tips. READ FULL STORY