Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon near Cerro Dragon on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

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