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Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Greater Flamingo; American Flamingo

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Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber


Identification Tips:

  • Length: 42 inches Wingspan: 55 inches
  • Sexes similar
  • Large, long-legged wader with a long neck
  • Pink legs and feet
  • Black primaries and secondaries
  • Holds neck extended in flight
  • Rare and local in Florida
  • Occasionally escapes from zoos

Adult:

  • Dark pink plumage
  • Hooked, pink bill with black tip

Immature:

  • Pale pink and gray plumage
  • Hooked, light bill with black tip

Similar species:

No other bird has a similar bill. Spoonbills are also long-legged pink wading birds but have long, spatulate bills and lack black in the flight feathers. The Greater Flamingo is quite rare and local in Florida and accidental elsewhere. Several species of flamingos occasionally escape from zoos and can be confused with the Greater Flamingo but they are usually paler in color.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.


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CalPhotos     Photo Database

 

Number of matches : 5
Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Phoenicopterus ruber ruber%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon

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Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Caribbean Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0104 0041 [detail]
© 2004 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Caribbean Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0104 0042 [detail]
© 2004 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Caribbean Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0104 0045 [detail]
© 2004 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Caribbean Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0104 0043 [detail]
© 2004 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Caribbean Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0104 0044 [detail]
© 2004 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

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CalPhotos     Photo Database

 

Number of matches : 4
Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon

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Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Galapagos Flamingo
ID: 0091 3183 0921 0038 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Galapagos Flamingo
ID: 0091 3183 0985 0099 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Galapagos Flamingo
ID: 0091 3183 0921 0039 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus
Galapagos Flamingo
ID: 0091 3183 0921 0040 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences

Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .   


Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved.

CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley

Following modified from CalPhotos
   Top | See original


CalPhotos     Photo Database

 

Number of matches : 2
Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Phoenicopterus ruber roseus%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon

Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement

Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Pink Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0208 1402 [detail]
© 2008 Maik Dobiey

Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Greater Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0208 1663 [detail]
© 2008 Maik Dobiey

Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .   


Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved.

CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley

Following modified from CalPhotos
   Top | See original


CalPhotos     Photo Database

 

Number of matches : 56
Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Phoenicopterus ruber%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon

Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Flamingo
ID: 0000 0000 0108 0252 [detail]
© 2008 John White

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 0091 3183 0920 0112 [detail]
Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 1338 3161 0873 0026 [detail]
Dr. Robert T. and Margaret Orr
© 2004 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
UCMP specimen card
ID: 2222 0904 0004 0042 [detail]
© University of California Museum of Paleontology

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0263 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0258 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0260 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0261 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0241 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0242 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0246 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0247 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0249 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0252 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0254 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0257 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 1007 0238 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0707 5293 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater Flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0707 5290 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2007 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0108 7534 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2008 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0108 7535 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2008 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0108 7537 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2008 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0108 7539 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2008 California Academy of Sciences

Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
Greater flamingo
ID: 6666 6666 0108 7543 [detail]
Gerald and Buff Corsi
© 2008 California Academy of Sciences

Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .   


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CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley

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