American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruberLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) American Flamingo
The American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 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: Caribbean region including coastal Yucatan Peninsula and coastal northern South America, and disjunctly in GalapagosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoenicopterus ruber
- Order
- Phoenicopteriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- American Flamingo
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
- Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- 'Africa, America, rarius in Europa.' Restricted type locality. West Indies.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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