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

Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phoenicopterus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoenicopterus roseus*	Pallas, 1811	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: flamingo i kuq sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Розово фламинго sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: flamingo sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: American flamingo; greater flamingo sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

French: flamant des Caraïbes sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

Norwegian: rødflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: rødflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: raudflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: karibisk flamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: flamingo

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.