WoRMS taxon details
Phoeniconaias Gray, 1869
AphiaID: 204133
AphiaID: 204133
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Phoenicopteriformes (Order) > Phoenicopteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Phoenicopteridae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Size: small, less than 1 m tall. Plumage: deep pink, crimson and black. Other details: deep-keeled bill with upper mandible triangular in section, fits closely into lower; inner surface of both mandibles covered with fine mat of laminae. [details] Remark: While some authors have tended to merge Phoeniconaias with Phoenicopterus, there appears to be sufficient difference in behaviour and feeding mechanisms to warrant generic distinction. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204133 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Phoeniconaias Gray, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204133 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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