Editing Greater flamingo (section)

==In human captivity==
The first recorded zoo hatch was in 1959 at Zoo Basel. In [[Breeding programs at Zoo Basel|Zoo Basel's breeding program]], over 400 birds have been hatched with between 20 and 27 per year since 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zolli feiert 50 Jahre Flamingozucht und Flamingosforschung |trans-title=50 years of flamingo breeding |work=[[Basler Zeitung]] |date=13 August 2008 |language=de |url=http://bazonline.ch/basel/dossier/zoo-basel/Zolli-feiert-50-Jahre-Flamingozucht-und-Flamingosforschung/story/26419827 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322081331/https://bazonline.ch/basel/dossier/zoo-basel/Zolli-feiert-50-Jahre-Flamingozucht-und-Flamingosforschung/story/26419827 |archive-date=March 22, 2009}}</ref> The [[Greater (flamingo)|oldest known greater flamingo]] was a bird at the [[Adelaide Zoo]] in Australia that died at the age of at least 83 years. The bird's exact age is not known; it was already a mature adult when it arrived in Adelaide in 1933. It was euthanized in January 2014 due to complications of old age.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelton |first1=Sam |title=Greater, the 83-year-old Adelaide Zoo flamingo, dies |work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=31 January 2014 |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/greater-the-83yearold-adelaide-zoo-flamingo-dies/news-story/e250313a5c27314825154ea8bc49cb07 |access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fedorowytsch |first=Tom |title=Flamingo believed to be world's oldest dies at Adelaide Zoo aged 83 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=31 January 2014 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-31/adelaide-zoo27s-83-year-old-flamingo-put-down/5230258 |access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>

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File:Phoenicopterus roseus flight (Walvis bay).jpg|A subadult (top) with an adult (bottom) in flight
File:Greater Flamingo AMSM4383.jpg|In flight at [[Jamnagar]], India
Decollo - panoramio.jpg|Colony in the [[Po (river)|Po River]] delta, Italy
Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) resting.jpg|Resting heads, Bahrain
File:Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) skeleton at the Royal Veterinary College anatomy museum.JPG|The skeleton of a greater flamingo
File:Phoenicopterus roseus feeding - sub-adult.ogv|A subadult feeding in [[Walvis Bay]], [[Namibia]]
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