Flamingos can also be seen in Shanxi Salt Lake. What do flamingos pay attention to in habitat selection?

As the temperature drops, the rare wild flamingos in China once again fly to Yuncheng Salt Lake for the winter. These six flamingos foraged and played in the salt lake, which became a scene of the salt lake, and photographers from all over the country came here to watch and take pictures. In recent years, with the increasing protection of the ecological environment of Yuncheng Salt Lake, it has provided a good habitat and food resources for many birds, and the number and species of birds have increased year by year. Flamingos are social animals and rarely migrate. Only when there is a food shortage or the environment changes suddenly will they migrate. Therefore, if the ecological environment of the salt lake can be maintained in its present state, it means that we can see these six or more flamingos every year.

1. Flamingos mostly inhabit marshes in salt lakes and some lagoons.

The habitats of flamingos mostly belong to temperate salt lakes, mostly distributed in the Mediterranean, India and Africa. The main food of flamingos is algae and plankton. They like to eat clams, small fish and shrimps and algae. The living environment of flamingos is greatly influenced by fish, because fish will compete with flamingos for food resources, so some flamingos only live in lakes without fish, such as flamingos in Chile.

Second, flamingos are not strictly migratory birds.

In fact, flamingos like to live in groups in one place, and only migrate when there is a food shortage or a sudden change in the environment. Flamingos usually migrate at night and need a high flying height during the day to avoid the attack of raptors. Migrating flamingos can fly 600 kilometers at a speed of 50 to 60 kilometers per hour every night.

In fact, flamingos have been found in Xinjiang before, but perhaps the environment there is not suitable for flamingos to survive, so they have not been seen since. In recent years, the ecological environment of Shanxi Salt Lake is getting better and better, and flamingos are coming in droves.