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The species was biologically described in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina. Similar to other flamingos, adult Chilean flamingos have a small head, long neck relative to their body, pale yellow irises, long legs and three webbed toes that help them stand firmly in the mud. The plumage of the Chilean flamingo is described as having a darker pink color than the large one, but lighter than the Caribbean flamingo. They can be distinguished from other flamingos by their light gray legs, pink tibia joints, and the bill more black. Chilean flamingos, however, do not have pink feathers but are instead gray.

The beak of the Chilean flamingos has a comb-like structure that allows them to filter food in water and mud in coastal mudflats, estuaries, lagoons and salt lakes. Flamingos feed on invertebrates such as wing flies, shrimp, plankton along with certain types of cyanobacteria, diatoms, protozoa, aquatic plants, larvae and small worms. The species is usually at the bottom of the food chain of the hydro-alkaline ecosystem in which it lives.

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