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The American flamingo breeds in South America (in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, coastal Colombia and Venezuela, and northern Brazil), in the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), The Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands), and tropical and subtropical areas ...
Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811: widespread in Africa and southwest, south-central Eurasia Size: Habitat: Diet: LC American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758: northern Galápagos Islands and the Caribbean: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Chilean flamingo
The wetlands are an important resting, feeding, and breeding location for migratory and resident birds, including the American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja). [1] [3] The wetlands are home to the island's largest population of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus).
A reported sighting of an American flamingo at Chapin Beach in Dennis on Sunday afternoon has set the Cape Cod birding world aflutter.
Lake Manix is known for the preservation of a multitude of water birds that lived in the region during the Pleistocene, including a second species of flamingo. This second species, known from juvenile remains that fall within the size range of modern American and greater flamingos has been tentatively assigned to Phoenicopterus copei.
Consequently, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission classified the American flamingo as a non-native species until 2018. However, members of the Florida Flamingos Working Group ...
A view of an American Flamingo at Zoo Miami on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Miami, Fla. ... Google's top trending recipe of 2024 deserves a gold medal. Lighter Side. Lighter Side.
The greater flamingo is the tallest of the six different species of flamingos, standing at 3.9 to 4.7 feet (1.2 to 1.4 m) with a weight up to 7.7 pounds (3.5 kg), and the shortest flamingo species (the lesser) has a height of 2.6 feet (0.8 m) and weighs 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg).