Tail variable: base whitish (bleaching to white); broad blackish distal band; often dark wash basally (most heavily marked birds ... flesh-pink bill with dark tip, flesh-pink legs.

A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles ... but in fact they are not pink at first. Chicks hatch with white feathers that turn ...