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

Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PhoenicopterusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Phoenicopterus ruber auct. subjective synonym
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 synonym
Phoenicopterus ruber auct. misapplied name

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.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): rødflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Bulgarian: Розово фламинго sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: American flamingo sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).
 French: flamant des Caraïbes sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 Norwegian: rødflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (384 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212708

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


brackish

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Peter Adriaens

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