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Podcast: BirdNote Daily
Episode: Just What Are Flamingos?
Description: Few birds are as distinctive as flamingos. Scientists once grouped flamingos with storks and ibises. But a study of flamingo DNA delivered a stunning surprise: their closest living relatives appear to be grebes. And an even bigger surprise: DNA indicates that flamingos and grebes share an ancestry with certain land birds, like doves. So flamingos evolved long legs and necks, just as herons and storks did. But they belong on a completely different branch of the tree of life.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign u...