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Flamingos and zoos: husbandry guidelines and related resources

The pink feathers, large size and highly social
nature of flamingos make them a popular zoo
animal. All six species are found in captivity, but
the majority of captive flamingos are Greater Flamingos, Caribbean Flamingos, Chilean Flamingos and Lesser Flamingos.

The goal of this section is to bring together all
resources that might be useful to zoos and other captive collections holding flamingos.


Do you or does your organisation have a resource related to keeping flamingos? Please let us know.

All resources are welcome including guidelines, photos and videos.





Sections:


General: guidelines addressing all aspects of flamingo husbandry

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pdf AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines

Exhibit design and housing

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pdf Chapter 2 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Housing
photo album Exhibits and interpretation
link ZooLex Zoo Design Organization
Zoo professionals present online animal exhibits.

Management

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pdf Chapter 3 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Management

Diet

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pdf Chapter 5 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Nutrition

Breeding

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pdf Chapter 4 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Reproduction
html Flamingos in a polyhatch incubator (news article from Brinsea)
photo album Husbandry techniques
photo album Captive breeding flocks
wmv Building artificial nest sites for captive flamingos
pdf Captive flamingo management on a European level
From EAZA Ciconiiformes & Phoenicopteriformes TAG (King & van Weeren, 2005)

Submitted by: Cathy King 20 Nov 2008
pdf Managing flamingos collectively and individually in Europe: EAZA flamingo regional-institutional collection plan
From EAZA Ciconiiformes & Phoenicopteriformes TAG (King et al., 2006)

Submitted by: Cathy King 20 Nov 2008
pdf Lesser Flamingos in North American Zoos (10.2 MB)
From AZA Ciconiiformes/Phoenicopteriformes TAG workshop on Lesser Flamingos (Denver, 2007)

Submitted by: Laurie Conrad (SeaWorld California) 2 Jan 2009
pdf A hypothetical husbandry point system for breeding flamingos in captivity

Submitted by: Cathy King, EAZA 13 Feb 2009

Hand-rearing

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pdf Chapter 4 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Reproduction
html Hand-rearing Birds: Flamingos
html Comparison of Hand-Reared Caribbean Flamingos and Lesser Flamingos at Seaworld California [abstract]
html Hand-rearing Greater flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber roseus for translocation from WWT Slimbridge to Auckland Zoo [full-text]
wmv Hand-rearing flamingos at Bristol Zoo, UK

Submitted by: Nigel Simpson, Bristol Zoo Gardens 27 Nov 2008
photo album Husbandry techniques

Capture and transportation

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pdf Chapter 3 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Management
pps Good-practice capture, handling and crating

Submitted by: Nigel Jarrett, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 20 Dec 2008
html Leg paralysis in the Greater flamingo and Lesser flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber roseus and Phoeniconaias minor following capture and transportation [abstract not available]
photo album Husbandry techniques

Measurements

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htm1 Guide to measuring flamingos (NEW)
pdf Addendum to Chapter 3 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Measuring flamingos

Health and disease

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pdf Chapter 6 from the AZA EAZA Flamingo Husbandry Guidelines: Health and Medicine

Communication, education and public awareness (CEPA)

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pdf A Year in the Pink
Article on hand-rearing Caribbean Flamingo chicks at Saint Louis Zoo (Fall 2008)

Submitted by: Tom Wall (Bird Keeper, Saint Louis Zoo) 19 Nov 2008
Published with the permission of the Saint Louis Zoo
photo album Exhibits and interpretation
htm Educational activities for children

Research

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pdf Use of captive flamingos in research

Submitted by: Cathy King, EAZA 13 Feb 2009


Related Publications

 >>  Captive flamingo populations and opportunities for research in zoos
From Waterbirds 2000
 >>  Feeding behaviour, aggression, and the conservation biology of flamingos: integrating studies of captive and free-ranging birds
From the American Zoologist 1993

More publications >>

Related Links

 >>  International Species Information System
For numbers of flamingos in captivity
 >>  ConservationEvidence.com
 >>  EAZA Taxon Advisory Groups
From the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)
 >>  CEPA Toolkit
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