Saturday, April 26, 2025

International Flamingo Day


 

Flamingos are global. They occur in the wild on every continent except for Antarctica and Australia. And birds kept under human care are found in zoological collections across many, many countries. Flamingos have awed and inspired humans and our culture for generations, appearing in stories, art, and other media. To celebrate the global appeal of flamingos, International Flamingo Day occurs each year on 26th April. This is a day to celebrate and advocate for the pink birds and their fantastic wetland habitats.

It falls on the birthday of John James Audubon, an American painter and ornithologist who produced a picture of the American (Caribbean) flamingo for the book "The Birds of America". The holiday was started in 2020 by the Flamingo Specialist Group of the IUCN to draw attention to the difference between the six flamingo species. Four of them are of conservation concern, as they inhabit specific wetlands.

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