An egg is kept warm by both the male and female flamingos until it hatches.
Parenting in flamingos is equal for both roles, in contrast to the observation that only the mother sits on the egg in most birds. The only duty of the parents is to provide the chicks with milk crop until they are old enough to search for prey among their peers.
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