Greater flamingo
A kind of flamingo
About
The greater flamingo is the tallest and heaviest of all flamingo species, standing on exceptionally long, slender legs.
This bird is the largest of the six living flamingo species. Males tend to grow slightly taller and heavier than females, but both sexes have the same gangly build. Despite reaching more than four feet in height, hollow bones and a lean body keep its weight surprisingly low.
From Wikipedia
The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread species of the flamingo family. Common in the Old World, they are found in Northern (coastal) and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Levant, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe.
Read more on Wikipedia →Text from Wikipedia’s “Greater flamingo” article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Every comparison with a greater flamingo
1 on the site
Questions people ask
- How big is a greater flamingo?
- A greater flamingo stands about 4.1 feet (1.25 m) tall, measures 2.6 feet (0.8 m) long, and weighs around 6.6 pounds (3 kg). That makes it about as tall as an eight-year-old child, but lighter than a typical domestic cat.
- How much space does a greater flamingo take up?
- About 12.7 cups (3 L), the volume of its body.
Weight
6.61 lb (3 kg)
- Space it takes up
- 12.7 cups (3 L)
- Length
- 31.5 in (80 cm)
- Height
- 4.1 ft (1.25 m)
Quick answer
A greater flamingo stands about 4.1 feet (1.25 m) tall, measures 2.6 feet (0.8 m) long, and weighs around 6.6 pounds (3 kg). That makes it about as tall as an eight-year-old child, but lighter than a typical domestic cat.
Typical figures, the same ones every comparison on the site uses; real ones vary.
More like a greater flamingo
Compare it
Next to anything: a person, a car, another flamingo.