| Flamingos Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Recent
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| James's flamingos (P. jamesi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 |
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| Global distribution of flamingos | |
Flamingos or flamingoes[a] (/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊz/) are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean), and two species native to Afro-Eurasia.
A group of flamingoes is called a "flamboyance".[2]
- ^ Torres, Chris R; Ogawa, Lisa M; Gillingham, Mark AF; Ferrari, Brittney; Marcel, van Tuinen (2014). "A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (36): 36. Bibcode:2014BMCEE..14...36T. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-36. PMC 4016592. PMID 24580860.
- ^ "A Flamboyance of Flamingos and Other Brilliant Bird Group Names". Dictionary.com. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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