Baby Flamingo Born at Roger Williams Park Zoo

According to a recent press release from Corrie Ignagni, the Manager of Digital Communications at Roger Williams Park Zoo, a baby flamingo was born last week.

"The entire family at Roger Williams Park Zoo is happy to share a Chilean flamingo chick hatched on Thursday, October 1. The family resides in the outdoor Faces of the Rainforest exhibit."

This now week-old chick is a historical birth for the Zoo and is the first flamingo born at Roger Williams Park Zoo in 22 years.

The Zoo’s animal keepers and vet care team continue to monitor mom and baby. The staff has observed both parents lovingly tending to their little one. The flamingo chick can be seen in their outdoor habitat along with the rest of the Zoo’s Chilean flamingo flock.

According to the release, "flamingo young are born white, with soft, downy feathers and a straight bill. As they mature the bill will gradually curve downwards and their feathers will turn pink. Both parents take care of the newborn flamingo, feeding it “crop milk,” a fluid produced in their digestive systems."

Watch the video below to witness the first days of the baby’s life.