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Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 
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
Source  basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch flamingo  [details]
English greater flamingo  [details]
Environment brackish
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [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]
Images 
Himantopus himantopus & Phoenicopterus ruber
Himantopus himantopus & Phoenicopterus ruber
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Phoenicopterus ruber
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
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history		 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12 GMT  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-09-25 09:27:15 GMT  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-02-18 16:03:26 GMT  changed  Decock, Wim
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212708 on 2010-02-09
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