Editing Chilean flamingo (section)

==Description==
[[File:Phoenicopterus chilensis -Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil -flying-8.jpg|left|thumb|Flock flying in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]
[[File:Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) (2).jpg|alt=A Chilean flamingo preening itself|left|thumb|One preening itself]]
[[File:Kopf eines Chileflamingo.JPG|thumb|right|Head of a Chilean flamingo at Durrell Wildlife Park (Jersey)]]
The Chilean flamingo's plumage is pinker than the slightly larger greater flamingo, but less so than the American flamingo. It can be differentiated from these species by its grayish legs with pink joints ([[Bird anatomy#Skeletal system|tibiotarsal articulation]]), by the larger amount of black on the [[Beak|bill]] (more than half), and also by being a foot shorter than the American flamingo. Young chicks may have no sign of pink coloring whatsoever, but instead remain gray or peach.<ref>{{cite journal |year= 2004|journal=Zoo View|publisher=Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens|volume=XXXVII|issue=4|pages=1, back cover|title= Photo}}</ref> Young chicks will slowly gain their pink color as pigments called [[Carotenoid|carotenoids]] from their diet accumulate in their feathers. Chilean flamingos reach sexual maturity at 6 years and have one of the longest lifespans of any bird, living up to 50 years in the wild and up to 40 years in captivity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Grinfeld |first=Sonja |title=Phoenicopterus chilensis (Chilean flamingo) |url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Phoenicopterus_chilensis/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Animal Diversity Web |language=en}}</ref>