David Pattyn / European flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) bathing Camargue, France, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus), Dehesa de Abajo, Sevilla, Spain, August.

Theo Allofs / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock taking flight, Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Roland Seitre / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) resting, Namibia

Roland Seitre / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock wading, France

Pete Oxford / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in lagoon with tourists nearby, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Cyril Ruoso / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) pair, principally native to the Caribbean region and Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Cyril Ruoso / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) group, principally native to the Caribbean region and Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) hunting Lesser flamingoes (Phoenicopterus minor) Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock flying, Lake Magadi, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock taking flight, Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock flying, Lake Magadi, Kenya