Phoenicoparrus
| Phoenicoparrus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
| Genus: | Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte, 1856[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phoenicopterus andinus Philippi, 1854[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phoeniconaias | |
Phoenicoparrus is a genus of bird in the Phoenicopteridae family. First established by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856, it contains three species.[3][4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Phoenicoparrus andinus | Andean flamingo | southern Peru to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile |
 | Phoenicoparrus jamesi | James's flamingo | Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina |
 | Phoenicoparrus minor | Lesser flamingo | sub-Saharan Africa, with another population in India |
References
- ↑ Bonaparte, Charles-L. (1856). "Additions et Corrections aux Tableaux paralléliques de l'Ordre des Hérons et des Pélagiens ou Gavies, et à la partie correspondante, déjà publée, du Conspectus Avium". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 43: 992.
- ↑ Philippi, R. A. (1855). "Ueber einige Vögel Chile's". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 21 (1): 12.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Phoenicoparrus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ Torres, Chris R; Ogawa, Lisa M; Gillingham, Mark AF; Ferrari, Brittney; van Tuinen, Marcel (2014). "A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 36. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-36.
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