Andean flamingo

Andean flamingo
At WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicoparrus
Species:
P. andinus
Binomial name
Phoenicoparrus andinus
(Philippi, 1854)
Range map
  Non-Breeding
  Year-round
  Breeding
Synonyms
  • Phoenicopterus andinus ssp. andinus Philippi, 1854
Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)

The Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) is a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in genus Phoenicopterus.[3] It is closely related to James's flamingo, and the two make up the genus Phoenicoparrus. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James' flamingo are all sympatric, and all live in colonies (including shared nesting areas).[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Phoenicoparrus andinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22697387A182422217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22697387A182422217.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ [1]|Torres et al., A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae),BMC Evolutionary Biology 2014, 14:36.
  4. ^ Mascitti, V. and Kravetz, F.O., "Bill Morphology of South American Flamingos". The Condor. 104(1), 73.