Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
James' Flamingo
Common Names in English:
James' Flamingo, James's flamingo, Puna Flamingo
Common Names in French:
Flamant de James
Common Names in German:
Jamesflamingo
Common Names in Spanish:
Flamenco andino chico
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Head : brighter whitish-pink Face : some red Bill: yellow with black tip Shape : small-tipped Body: Breast: long pink plumes Legs : Leg Color: red Wings : Flight Feathers: black.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
()
- Garrod, 1874
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Suborder:
Ciconiae
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Ciconioidea
()
- Sundevall, 1836
- Family:
Phoenicopteridae
()
- Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus:
Phoenicopterus
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
jamesi
- Sclater, PL 1886
- Scientific name: - Phoenicopterus jamesi Sclater, 1886 Sclater, PL 1886
- Specific name:
jamesi
- Sclater, PL 1886
- Genus:
Phoenicopterus
(
- Family:
Phoenicopteridae
(
- Superfamily:
Ciconioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconiae
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Ciconiimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Phoenicoparrus jamesi • Phoenicoparrus jamesi (Sclater • Phoenicoparrus jamesi (Sclater, 1886) • Phoenicoparrus jamesi Sclater, 1886 • Phoenicopterus jamesi Sclater, 1886
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phoenicopterus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. andinus (Andean Flamingo) · P. chilensis (Chilean Flamingo) · P. jamesi (James's Flamingo) · P. minor (Lesser Flamingo) · P. roseus (Afro-Asian Greater Flamingo) · P. ruber (West Indian Flamingo) · P. ruber glyphorhynchus (Galapagos Flamingo) · P. ruber ruber (American Flamingo)
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Further Reading
- A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 112, p. 235, p. 50.
- Analysis and Synthesis of National Reports. Prepared by UNEP and CMS Secretariat CMS url p. 18, p. 5.
- Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES url p. 62.
- Birds / by A.H. Evans. London: Macmillan, 1899 (1909 printing). url p. 621.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 278.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 22.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 142, p. 271.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 195, p. 202, p. 210.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 186, p. 193, p. 205.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices JNCC url p. 8.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 295.
- Ornithological gazetteer of Chile / Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. Cambridge, Mass.: Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1988. url p. 317.
- Postilla. New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 5, p. 5.
- Review of the status and conservation actions for CMS concerted action species UNEP-WCMC, CMS Secretariat url p. 1, p. 133.
- The Cambridge natural history, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited;1895-1909 url .
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer. .. and A.E. Shipley. .. London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909 url p. 621.
- The birds of Chile, by Charles E. Hellmayr. 19 1932 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1932. url p. 312, p. 453, p. 455.
- The history of the collections contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. by R. Bowdler Sharpe. London, 1906. url p. 400.
- Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 146.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8883
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562026
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562026
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144730
