🦩 American flamingo report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the American flamingo page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the american flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height | 4.9 ft (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 4 to 7.9 lb (1.8 to 3.6 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 40 to 60 years |
Read about it
Flamingos are pink birds with very long legs. They often stand on one leg. They eat with their beaks upside down in the water.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/american-flamingo, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the american flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height | 4.9 ft (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 4 to 7.9 lb (1.8 to 3.6 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 40 to 60 years |
Read about it
A baby flamingo is gray, and it turns pink from what it eats. Tiny shrimp and algae hold a natural pink color, and it ends up in the flamingo's feathers. To eat, a flamingo scoops up water in its bent beak and strains out the food with tiny comb-like plates.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/american-flamingo, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the american flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height | 4.9 ft (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 4 to 7.9 lb (1.8 to 3.6 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 40 to 60 years |
Read about it
A flamingo feeds with its head upside down, pumping water through its bill so that comb-like plates trap the food. Scientists think that standing on one leg helps it keep warm in cool water. Flamingos live in big, noisy flocks and build nests of mud shaped like little hills. Both parents feed their chick a rich red liquid called crop milk, made in their throats.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/american-flamingo, checked 2026-10-30