Chilean Flamingo - Phoenicopterus chilensis

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The Chilean flamingo, is found in temperate South America from central Peru through the Andes and Uruguay to Tierra del Fuego, inhabiting muddy, shallow alkaline and brackish lakes. They live in warm and tropical environments, and range from sea level, along the coast, to high altitudes up to 4,500m in the Andes. Because the waters and surrounding soils in the areas they live are alkaline (ph up to 10.5), most of the local area is barren of vegetation and desert-like.