Greater flamingo - Oofuramingo

Japanese: オオフラミンゴ - おおふらみんご
Greater flamingo - Oofuramingo

...The edge of the beak has a fine comb-like filter, and by placing the upper part of the beak downwards in the water, they suck in the water and mud into their mouths, and use the filter to separate and eat the tiny food particles in the mud. Small species feed on diatoms and blue-green algae, but the greater flamingo (illustration) also feeds on plankton, small shellfish, and crustaceans. For this reason, the structure of the beak and filter, and the feeding method, vary slightly depending on the species.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the greater flamingo is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…くちばしの縁には細かい櫛歯(くしば)状のろ過器があり,上くちばしのほうを下にしてくちばしを水の中に入れ,水や泥を口の中に吸い込み,水泥中の微細な食物をろ過器でとり分けて食べている。食物は小型種ではケイ藻やラン藻類だが,オオフラミンゴ(イラスト)はプランクトン,小型の貝や甲殻類なども餌とする。このため,くちばしやろ過器の構造と採食法は種によって多少違っている。…

※「オオフラミンゴ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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