The flamingo in Odense ZOO is the pink flamingo which lives in Africa but also in southern Europe. The pink-coloured plumage gets it colour from the alga and shellfish the
flamingos eat.
The flamingo is a social bird. They live together in enormous colonies of up to 20,000 pairs. They use their voice to keep the flock together so flamingos can make a lot of noise. They also call out to find their young in the big flock.
At Odense ZOO, we give the flamingos a dye in their feed (canthaxanthin) so they keep their impressive colour. Here in the aviary, you can try and sit in a chair built as a flamingo nest