Class: Aves
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Species: Phoenicopterus ruber
Common Name: Greater Flamingo
Description: Winter Visitors but present throughout the year. They feed on micorscopic algae andsmall aquatic animals in the tidal shallow.
Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006); Visitor’s Guide to Bahrain Birds (1998)
July 15, 2022