Editing Chilean flamingo (section)

==Diet==
The Chilean flamingo's bill is equipped with comb-like structures that enable it to filter food—mainly [[algae]], [[plankton]], [[Crustacean|crustaceans]], [[Insect|insects]], [[Mollusca|mollusks]] and other [[Invertebrate|invertebrates]]—from the water of the coastal mudflats, [[estuaries]], lagoons, and [[salt lake]]s where it lives.<ref name ="LPZChileanFlamingo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/factsheet/chilean-flamingo |title="Chilean Flamingo Fact Sheet, Lincoln Park Zoo" |access-date=2011-08-08 |archive-date=2015-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220191004/http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/factsheet/chilean-flamingo |url-status=dead }}</ref> The species filter feeds by using its 19 cervical vertebrae to position its head upside down in shallow water. The flamingo then uses its muscular tongues to push water in and out of the [[Lamella (surface anatomy)|lamellae]] on its bill. This allows the flamingo to filter different sizes of food to consume. Because the species feeds upside down, only the flamingo's upper bill can move as opposed to most animals that can only move their lower mandible. Chilean Flamingoes can consume 10% of their body weight every day.<ref name=":1" /> The species has been known to stand on one leg while feeding in water. Strong evidence suggests this behavior limits heat loss from standing in water for extended periods of time. Their long legs also help stir up the sediment to dislodge the small organisms they filter feed on.<ref name=":1" />