Wait For Me Posters and Art Prints

Canon Rebel T3i. The American Flamingo used to be often called the "Caribbean Flamingo" and was considered a subspecies of the Greater Flamingo, a species found in the Eastern Hemisphere, but most groups now consider the American Flamingo to be a distinct species. The status of the species in the United States is confounded by the popularity of the American Flamingo as a captive bird, and many sightings in the U.S. are undoubtedly escapees from captivity. However, they do nest in Bermuda, parts of the Caribbean, and the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, so birds seen in Florida and elsewhere in the southeastern United States may very well be wild in origin, especially given a wild population is very close in Cuba. Historically, non-breedi...