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Phoenicoparrus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Ciconiiformes

Height
  
James's flamingo: 91 cm

Speed
  
James's flamingo: 60 km/h

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Phoenicopteridae

Mass
  
James's flamingo: 2 kg

Rank
  
Genus

Phoenicoparrus

Lower classifications
  
Andean flamingo, James's flamingo

Phoenicoparrus is a genus of bird in the Phoenicopteridae family. First established by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856, it contains two species.

  • Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)
  • James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)
  • James flamingo pair april 2014


    References

    Phoenicoparrus Wikipedia