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**Andean Flamingo -Phoenicoparrus andinus
Short: A high-altitude flamingo of saline Andean lakes - mining, water diversion and pollution threaten its nesting grounds.
Facts:
Status: Vulnerable/Threatened in parts.
Range: Andean Altiplano (Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina).
Habitat: Salt lakes, high-altitude wetlands.
Diet: Algae and invertebrates filtered from saline waters.
Lifespan: ~20-30 yrs.
Reproduction: Colonial nesters on saline flats; synchronized breeding.
Role: Maintains saline lake ecology; nutrient cycling.
Threats: Water extraction, mining pollution, habitat loss, egg collection.