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This Andean flamingo is native to the wetlands of the high Andes mountain range from southern Peru to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. Andean flamingos are migratory, with the ability to travel up to 700 miles in one day.
Rather local and declining; found at salt lakes and bogs in the high Andes. Associates readily with Chilean and James’s Flamingos, although each species often stays slightly apart within mixed groups. All plumages show clean-cut black triangle on closed wings, unlike other flamingos.
The Andean flamingo is the rarest flamingo in the world and one of the three flamingo species that inhabit the high Andes in South America. The other two species are Chilean and James's flamingo. The Andean flamingo has the typical elegant body shape, with a long curved neck and long legs.
The highland salt lakes of the Andes mountains of South America are home to an incredible bird.
Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, B. K. Keeney, and S. M. Billerman, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.andfla2.02
The striking yet little-known volcano flamingos of the Andes have long eluded hunters and scientists alike. They are concealed by their rugged habitat in the high, arid terrain of South America’s Altiplano, a landscape that evokes the work of surrealist painter Salvador Dali.
The Andean flamingo is the largest member of the Phoenicopteridae family in South America, reaching an adult height of 3.5 feet (ft) (110 centimeters (cm)) (Fjelds[aring] and Krabbe 1990, p. 86). This waterbird is native to low-, medium-, and high-altitude wetlands in the Andean regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru (BirdLife ...
The flamingo’s characteristic pink / salmon-coloured plumage is caused by its beta-carotene-rich diet. The Andean Flamingo is closely related to the Puna Flamingo, and those two – in addition to the Chilean Flamingo – are the only flamingos native to South America.
The Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) is a striking bird, native to the Andes mountains of South America. It is the largest flamingo in the Andes and one of the heaviest of its kind, comparable in weight to the greater flamingo.
Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus. Summary. Text account. Data table and detailed info. Distribution map. Reference and further resources. Family: Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos) Authority: Philippi, 1854. Red List Category.