Overview
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Interesting Facts
- Very gregarious , living in flocks usually numbering in the thousands.
- Pink coloring comes from a pigment that the animal consumes. In captivity, this pigment must be manufactured into the flamingo's food, or else the animal would be a dull buff color.
- Flamingos require shallow water and lots of mud ; nests are built by surrounding the egg with a large pile of mud, which is then incubated for around thirty days.
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Plamen
Common Names in Danish:
Chileflamingo
Common Names in Dutch:
Chileense Flamingo
Common Names in English:
Chilean Flamingo
Common Names in Finnish:
Chilenflamingo
Common Names in French:
Flamant du Chili
Common Names in German:
Chileflamingo
Common Names in Guarani:
Guarimbo Pyt
Common Names in Icelandic:
Ro
Common Names in Irish:
Lasair
Common Names in Italian:
Fenicottero Del Cile
Common Names in Japanese:
Chiri-Furamingo, Chiriafuramingo, チリーフラミンゴ
Common Names in Latin:
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Ciles Flamingas
Common Names in Norwegian:
Chileflamingo
Common Names in Polish:
Flaming Chilijski
Common Names in Portuguese:
Flamengo, Flamingo-Chileno
Common Names in Portuguese (Brazil):
Flamengo, Flamingo-Chileno
Common Names in Slovenian:
Cilski Plamenec
Common Names in Spanish:
Flamenco, Flamenco Chileno
Common Names in Spanish (Argentine):
Flamenco Austral
Common Names in Spanish (Paraguay):
Flamenco
Common Names in Spanish (Uruguay):
Flamenco
Common Names in Swedish:
Chileflamingo
Common Names in Turkish:
Sili Flamingosu
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Bill: black-tipped Legs : Leg Color: bluish-gray with red joints Wings : Flight Feathers: black.
Habitat
Salt marshes(shallow) and brackish coastal lagoons(shallow) in semi-tropical and tropical areas
Vegetation: freshwater marshes, coastal waters, alkaline lakes, freshwater lakes and ponds • Maximum Elevation: 4,400 meters • Foraging Strata: Water • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 431 meters (1,415 feet).[1]
Ecology:
It occurs on coastal mudflats
, estuaries, lagoons
and salt-lakes
at elevations
up to 4,500 m.
Breeding habitat
is typified by the
presence of suitable salinities and islands with extensive surrounding
mudflats - conditions that do not occur each year. At Mar Chiquita,
birds bred in only nine of the 26 years to 19995.
[2].
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.14 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.4 Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats
- 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
- 13.4 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes [more info]
Biology
Diet
Filter-feeder; feeds on small crustacean algae and unicellular organisms .
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:
chilensis
- Molina 1782
- Scientific name: - Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782 Molina 1782
- Specific name:
chilensis
- Molina 1782
- 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
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Readily distinguished from the European Flamingo by its blue legs with red joints.
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. 100, p. 102, p. 109, p. 111, p. 112, p. 113, p. 125, p. 126, p. 128, p. 130, p. 16, p. 17, p. 175, p. 18, p. 19, p. 204, p. 21, p. 215, p. 219, p. 22, p. 220, p. 224, p. 228, p. 229, p. 230, p. 231, p. 233, p. 234, p. 235, p. 24, p. 25, p. 29, p. 30, p. 33, p. 42, p. 45, p. 46, p. 48, p. 49, p. 50, p. 51, p. 61, p. 673, p. 7, p. 8, p. 9.
- A catalogue of the collection of birds formed by the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1882. url p. 527.
- Analysis and Synthesis of National Reports. Prepared by UNEP and CMS Secretariat CMS url p. 27.
- Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES url p. 62.
- Annotated CITES appendices and reservations 1988 IUCN url p. 60.
- Annual report of the New York Zoological Society. New York: New York Zoological Society, 1897- url p. 81.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 116, p. 23.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 5, October 1990: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN url p. 16.
- Bird lore. New York City: Macmillan Co., c1899-c1940. url p. 152.
- Birds / by A.H. Evans. London: Macmillan, 1899 (1909 printing). url p. 621.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 444, p. 67, p. 72.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 68 1927 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 152, p. 300.
- 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. 275.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 16.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 141, p. 270.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url 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, p. 97.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 11.
- Contributions to avian palaeontology from the Pacific coast of North America, by Loye Holmes Miller. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1912. url p. 79.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 109.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 274.
- Oceanic birds of South America: a study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica, based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History / by Robert Cushman Murphy; illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jaques; photographs, maps, and other drawings. New York: Macmillan Co.: c1936. url p. 1233, p. 187.
- Ornithological gazetteer of Argentina / Raymond A. Paynter. 1995 Cambridge, Mass.: Obtainable from Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1995. url p. 157, p. 894, p. 977.
- Ornithological gazetteer of Chile / Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. Cambridge, Mass.: Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1988. url p. 284.
- Postilla. 1961 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 29, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 5, p. 6.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 248.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 102, p. 105, p. 117, p. 119, p. 120, p. 136, p. 145, p. 148, p. 149, p. 153, p. 164, p. 80, p. 81, p. 81, p. 93, p. 99.
- Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. J. B. Hatcher in charge. Edited by William B. Scott. Princeton, The University, 1901-32 [v. 1, 1903] url p. 308.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 117.
- Smithsonian year. 1965 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 175.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 182.
- 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. 311.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 14.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2008. Phoenicopterus chilensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, IAS
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Senckenberg, Collection Aves
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Birds
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8880
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562025
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2495134
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562025
- IUCN ID: 232030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144727
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 441.370 based on 453 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- BirdLife International 2008. Phoenicopterus chilensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
