well i was in portugal where im originaly from on a hot night right and i looked up and i ceen this unsual bird(or watever it is) it was very hight up and it had massive wings it was orangy colour and it had a long thin neck and the tail was almost like a lions tail,long and fluffy at the end this was few months back can anyone help?i apreciate it
2007-01-11 15:07:37 · 6 answers · asked by max a 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Hello
Sounds like a flamingo for sure. There are 5 species of flamingos that occur throughout the world. The greater flamingo is as tall as a grown-up person is. The lesser flamingo is as tall as a first-grader.
Feather color varies with species, ranging from pale pink to crimson or vermilion. Caribbean flamingos have the brightest coloration: crimson or vermilion. The Chilean flamingo is pale pink.
A flamingo's pink or reddish feather color comes from its diet, which is high in alpha and beta-carotene. People eat beta-carotene when they eat carrots.
All flamingos are found in tropical and subtropical areas.
Populations of Chilean flamingos are found in central Peru, both coasts of southern South America (mainly in the winter), Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Stragglers have been reported on the Falkland Islands.
The lesser flamingo is primarily an African species. Populations are found in eastern, southwestern, and western Africa. Also, a sizable population nests in India. Stragglers can be found as far north as southern Spain.
The James' flamingo has the most restricted range of all flamingo species. They are found in southern Peru, northeastern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina.
Andean flamingos are found in southern Peru, north-central Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina.
Populations of Caribbean flamingo are limited to Yucatan, parts of the West Indies, Bahamas, Galapagos Islands, and the northernmost tip of South America.
The greater flamingo has the most widespread distribution of all flamingo species. Populations are found in northwest India, the Middle East, the western Mediterranean, and Africa. Limited numbers of this species can be found over much of northern Europe, eastward to Siberia.
2007-01-13 07:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mystic Magic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you saw a flamingo in flight.
I've seen them in flight and they look exactly like what you just described.
What you thought was the tail, was actually its long legs trailing behind it. Their feet look like the end of a lion's tail.
I hope this helps.
2007-01-11 15:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by Molly 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Errr...actually....I don't know how to tell you this, but it was me. I wanted to go to Spain but got lost and ended up in Portugal. The dress I ws wearing went over my head and it was orange.
Sorry.....
2007-01-12 12:00:36 · answer #3 · answered by Wizzy Woman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm coooool
i wasn't really thinking of a flamingo, but more of a phoenix kinda thing...but flamingo...u must be right!!! hoep u dind't get too scared...oooh flying lion
2007-01-12 05:55:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flamongo-no doubt about it
2007-01-11 15:33:35 · answer #5 · answered by aburobroy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why in reptiles? pteradactyl perhaps.
2007-01-12 08:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋