Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1838

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Phoeniconaias G. R. Gray, 1869
Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: flamingo's
 English: flamingos sources: MASDEA (1997).
 German: Flamingos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Φοινικοπτερίδες sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: fenicotteridi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: flamingai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: flamingofamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: flamingofamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: flamingofamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: czerwonakowate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: флами́нго sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: plamenci sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: flamingor sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: flamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Фламінгові; Фламінгоподібні

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196036

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1838. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/88bd4735-a186-4454-953f-30cd22f008c2

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:10746

Last modified

2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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