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WoRMS taxon details
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 212708
AphiaID: 212708
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Phoenicopteriformes (Order) > Phoenicopteridae (Family) > Phoenicopterus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas | |||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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. [details] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | brackish | |||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Length: 136-172 cm <393>; 127-140 cm <391>. Plumage: generally white with pink wash; wing coverts and axillaries bright red; flight feathers black. Immature greyish without red in wings. Bare parts: iris red; lores and eye-ring pink; bill pink with black tip, grey in immature; feet and legs bright coral pink, grey in immature. Habitat: brackish and saline coastal and inland waters. <388><393><391> [details] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2010). Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212708 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||||||
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