| Phoenicoparrus | |
|---|---|
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| Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
| Genus: | Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Phoenicopterus andinus Philippi, 1854[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phoeniconaias | |
Phoenicoparrus is a genus of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae. First established by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856,[2] it contains two 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 |
References
- ↑ Philippi, R. A. (1855). "Ueber einige Vögel Chile's". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 21 (1): 12.
- ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1856). "Additions et corrections aux tableaux paralléliques de l'ordre des hérons et des pélagiens ou gavies, et à la partie correspondante, déjà publiée, du Conspectus Avium". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 43: 990–997 [992].
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. PMC 4016592. PMID 24580860.
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