They are relatively easy to see in the Bahamas, Aruba, and Cuba, as well as along the coasts of other Caribbean islands and the adjacent coasts of Central and South America. Regular wild vagrants travel as far north as Florida and are often sighted in Everglades National Park or elsewhere in southern Florida.

These pink flamingos are generally not migratory birds, which means they stick around this region all year round.
A fun fact is that these guys get their color from their diet! This is the result of metabolized microscopic algae containing carotenoids. As the flamingos eat this algae and brine shrimp (which also feed on the algae), it results in its famous pink feathers.

Flamingos. Visitors hoping to spot Colombia’s fabulous pink flamingos must travel to the department of La Guajira, on the Caribbean coast. There’s a huge lake, part of Parque Natural Los Flamencos near Camarones, a small indigenous settlement, where these migratory birds return in their hundreds.

You can watch flamencos feeding at Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, located in the town of Camarones, 15 minutes south of Riohacha. There, in an area encompassing 7000 hectares, hundreds of these birds stick their beaks into the estuary of the Camarones River in search of the artemia salina—a species of brine shrimp that give flamingos their pink color. Flamingos also feed on the larvae of shrimp and other species.