Photo courtesy of Nassau Paradise Island via Flickr
"The West Indian Flamingo which once roamed the entire neo-tropical
region (tropical Americas) was hunted to a near extinction. Today the
West Indian Flamingo is mostly found on the island of Great Inagua in
the Bahamas but has also recolonized islands in the Bahamas such as
Mayaguana, Crooked and Acklin islands, Exumas, Long Island and
Andros.The West Indian Flamingo has also recolonized other countries
such as Aruba; Brazil; Colombia; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador;
French Guiana; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Mexico; Netherlands Antilles;
Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States
and Venezuela."--Bahamas National Trust
