Phoenicopterus andinus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Phoenicoparrus andinus • Phoenicoparrus andinus (Philippi • Phoenicoparrus andinus (Philippi, 1854) • Phoenicoparrus andinus Philippi, 1854

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)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 50.
• Analysis and Synthesis of National Reports. Prepared by UNEP and CMS Secretariat CMS url 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. 276, p. 277, p. 278.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 885, p. 9.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 9.
• 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. 141, p. 271.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 100, p. 195, p. 202.
• 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.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 11.
• IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 295, p. 56.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 11, p. 189, p. 199.
• Ornithological gazetteer of Chile / Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. Cambridge, Mass.: Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1988. url p. 310.
• Ornithologisches Centralblatt. Leipzig: L.A. Kittler, 1876-82. url p. 139.
• Postilla. New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 5.
• Review of the status and conservation actions for CMS concerted action species UNEP-WCMC, CMS Secretariat url p. 130.
• 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 Riverside natural history. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company[c1888] url p. 154.
• The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, superintendent. .. Vol. I, II, III, VI. .. Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, 1855-56. url , p. 296.
• The birds of Chile, by Charles E. Hellmayr. 19 1932 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1932. url p. 312, p. 313, p. 448, p. 449, p. 453, p. 468.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 14.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:

• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Aves (spirit preserved)
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8882
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562024
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562024
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144725

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