Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles and a few adults kept temporarily in an enclosure for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles and a few adults kept temporarily in an enclosure for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Volunteers rounding up Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock silhouetted in wetland, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Christophe Courteau / Greater flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Lesser flamingoes (Phoeniconaias minor), Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Thomas Marent / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock flying, Los Flamencos Sanctuary, Guajira Peninsula, Colombia

Oscar Diez/ BIA / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock taking flight, Andalusia, Spain

Oscar Diez/ BIA / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) trio taking flight from wetland, Andalusia, Spain

Bence Mate / Great flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) group in flight, Pont De Gau Park, Rhone River, France.

Bence Mate / Great flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) feeding in sludge at bottom of river, Pont De Gau Park, Rhone River, France.

Bence Mate / Great flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) with beak covered in mud after feeding, Pont De Gau Park, Rhone River, France.

Bence Mate / Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) with necks intertwined, Pont De Gau Park, Rhone River, France. February.