The Chilean Flamingo lives in South America and they typically like to stay in shallow alkaline water (high pH), brackish water. This water is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water. The area around this water is desert like because of the alkaline water.
They usually eat aquatic invertebrates, diatoms and algae. Many of these organisms are found in the alkaline water.
Because of the Chilean Flamingos habitat, it does not interact with too many animals due to the fact that they live in higher pH waters.
When the weather gets cooler, the Chilean Flamingo likes to stand on one leg and pull up the other one. This helps them keep warm and it is said that this is the most comfortable position for them.
The Chilean Flamingo has a narrow niche because it only likes to eat the little organisms in the water. If the water becomes polluted or contaminated and little organisms die, the Chilean Flamingo has nothing else to eat, and they will starve to death.
The Chilean Flamingo does not live in one specific place,therefore I cannot provide a latitude and longitude. But this map highlights (the brown) the areas where they do live. Majority of them live in South America.
http://www.theanimalfiles.com/birds/flamingos/chilean_flamingo.html
http://www.theanimalfiles.com/birds/flamingos/chilean_flamingo.html
