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YEMEN SAIJIKI
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Flamingo
***** Location: Yemen
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
Flamingos or Flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus and family Phoenicopteridae. They are found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, but are more numerous in the former. There are four species in the Americas while two exist in the Old World. Two species, the Andean and the James's Flamingo, are often placed in the genus Phoenicoparrus instead of Phoenicopterus.
Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Yemen.
Greater Flamingo,Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser Flamingo,Phoenicopterus minor
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On the flamingo trail
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
silent sea --
one-legged flamingos
tell of noon"
Heike Gewi, Yemen, January 2008
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pink sunset
through each flamingo's stance
another flamingo
© an'ya
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a dazzling fire
lights up the whole fishpond-
flamingo
Vasile Moldovan
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Related words
***** Desert, sand desert
***** ***** BIRDS OF YEMEN - SAIJIKI
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