Large Flamingos
Phoenicopterus
Flamingos or flamingoes /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊz/ are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Greater Flamingo
speciesPhoenicopterus roseus
American Flamingo
speciesPhoenicopterus ruber
Chilean Flamingo
speciesPhoenicopterus chilensis
Chilean × Greater Flamingo
hybridPhoenicopterus chilensis × roseus
Greater × American Flamingo
hybridPhoenicopterus roseus × ruber
Chilean × American Flamingo
hybridPhoenicopterus chilensis × ruber
Chilean × Greater × American Flamingo
hybridPhoenicopterus chilensis × roseus × ruber
Phoenicopterus minutus
speciesPhoenicopterus minutus
Phoenicopterus copei
speciesPhoenicopterus copei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4256.