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Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird. Flamingo comes from Portuguese or Spanish flamengo, "flame-colored", in turn coming from Provençal flamenc from flama "flame" and Germanic-like suffix -ing, with a possible influence of words like Fleming. A similar etymology has the Latinate Greek term Phoenicopterus (from Greek) literally "blood red-feathered" A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. #spain #grancanaria #palmitospark #zoo #flamingo #animalinformation #maspalomas (at Palmitos Park, Maspolomas)