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

*Phoenicopterus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*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

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 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

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

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2012). Phoenicopterus ruber. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) 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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Environment

brackish

Importance

EU Birds Directive:
Annex I 2009 This species is the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution, according to Annex I of the EU Bird Directive 2009/147/EC.

This species is the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution, according to Annex I of the EU Bird Directive 2009/147/EC.

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2009 This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2011-04-08 by Peter Adriaens

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