Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Phoenicopteriformes > Family Phoenicopteridae > Genus Phoenicopterus

Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phoenicopterus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoenicopterus ruber*	auct.	subjective synonym
*Phoenicopterus roseus*	Pallas, 1811	synonym
*Phoenicopterus ruber*	auct.	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: flamingo i kuq sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): rødflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Розово фламинго sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: American flamingo sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).

French: flamant des Caraïbes sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Norwegian: rødflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Nynorsk (Norwegian): raudflamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: karibisk flamingo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: flamingo

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (28 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (384 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212708