Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusPallas, PS, 1811
English (US) Greater Flamingo
The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) 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: southern Europe and Mediterranean basin to southern Africa, Madagascar, and southern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoenicopterus roseus
- Order
- Phoenicopteriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Greater Flamingo
- Described by
- Pallas, PS, 1811
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Pallas, PS, 1811
- Type locality
- ad ostia Volgae et Rhymni' = Ural River.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.207
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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