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Phoenicopterus

Summary

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

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

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 Parabuteo – Ridgway, 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
  		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Chilean flamingo

 

Phoenicopterus chilensis
Molina, 1782 		central Peru to Tierra del Fuego east to south Brazil, Uruguay and central Argentina
  		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.