RAS taxon details
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
212708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212708)
accepted
Species
brackish, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
RAS (2021). Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212708 on 2026-10-06
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212708 on 2026-10-06
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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 Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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 Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (556 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phoenicopterus ruber)
To GenBank (212 nucleotides; 242 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos), USNM 501683, carpometacarpus, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos), USNM 501683, carpometacarpus, ventral)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (556 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phoenicopterus ruber)
To GenBank (212 nucleotides; 242 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos), USNM 501683, carpometacarpus, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos), USNM 501683, carpometacarpus, ventral)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
