Flamingo

(Reguidit frae Phoenicopteridae)

Flamingos or Flamingoes (Aboot this soondBrazilian pronunciation ) 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
Temporal range: 25–0 Ma
Late Oligocene – Recent
James's flamingos (P. jamesi)
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Faimily: Phoenicopteridae
Bonaparte, 1831
Global distribution o flamingos

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