Chilean Flamingo
Phoenicopterus chilensisMolina, GI, 1782
English (US) Chilean Flamingo
The Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos) in the order Phoenicopteriformes.
Range: Andes of southern South America; pampas of southern Brazil to southern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Order
- Phoenicopteriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Chilean Flamingo
- Described by
- Molina, GI, 1782
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phoenicopterus Chilensis
- Described by
- Molina, GI, 1782
- Type locality
- Chile.
- Original description
- Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili p.242,344
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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