Phoenicopterus

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Phoenicopterus
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicopterus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Phoenicopterus ruber
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Phoenicopterus is a genus of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae.

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus Phoenicopterus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae to accommodate a single species, the American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber.[1][2] The genus name is Latin for "flamingo".[3]

Species[edit]

The genus contains three extant species:[4]

Genus ParabuteoRidgway, 1874 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus
Pallas, 1811
widespread in Africa and southwest, south-central Eurasia Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


American flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber
Linnaeus, 1758
northern Galápagos Islands and the Caribbean
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Chilean flamingo

Phoenicopterus chilensis
Molina, 1782
central Peru to Tierra del Fuego east to south Brazil, Uruguay and central Argentina
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 NT 



References[edit]

  1. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 139.
  2. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 269.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Grebes, flamingos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 August 2021.