WoRMS taxon details
Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782
- Species Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Phoenicopterus minor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798 accepted as Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798)
- Species Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 accepted as Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Size: largest of flamingoes, up to 1.6 m tall. Plumage: white, pink, bright red and black. Other details: bill with shallow...
Description Size: largest of flamingoes, up to 1.6 m tall. Plumage: white, pink, bright red and black. Other details: bill with shallow keel; upper mandible covers but doesn't fit closely into the lower. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206327 on 2024-11-24
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1998-08-21 13:28:34Z
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Depew, Lorna
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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Description Size: largest of flamingoes, up to 1.6 m tall. Plumage: white, pink, bright red and black. Other details: bill with shallow keel; upper mandible covers but doesn't fit closely into the lower. [details]
