Phoenicoparrus

Phoenicoparrus
Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicoparrus
Bonaparte, 1856
Synonyms

Phoenicopterus

Phoenicoparrus is a genus of bird in the Phoenicopteridae family. First established by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856, it contains two species.[1][2]

References

  1. "ITIS Report: Phoenicoparrus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. |Torres, Chris R; Lisa M Ogawa1; Mark AF Gillingha; Brittney Ferrari1; and Marcel van Tuinen (2014). A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:36.
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