Flamingo
(Reguidit frae Phoenicopteridae)
Flamingos or Flamingoes (Brazilian pronunciation (help·info)) are a type o wadin bird in the genus Phoenicopterus (frae Greek: φοινικόπτερος, meanin "purpie weeng"), the anly genus in the faimily Phoenicopteridae. Thare are fower flamingo species in the Americas an twa species in the Auld Warld.
Flamingos | |
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James's flamingos (P. jamesi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
Faimily: | Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 |
Global distribution o flamingos |