Galapagos Species Database
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Phoenicopterus ruber
Flamenco, Flamingo
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Phoenicopteriformes
Family
Phoenicopteridae
Genus
Phoenicopterus
Species
ruber
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Phoenicopterus ruber ruber (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Www.itis.gov
- Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Naranjo, S. (2009) Population index of Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) in Galapagos 2009. Brenesia 73-74: 154-156.
- Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. (2009) Censo total de flamencos 2009. Informe técnico para la Fundación Charles Darwin y Parque Nacional. Galápagos. Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 13 pp.
- Valle, C.A. Coulter, M.C. (1987) Present status of the Flightless Cormorant, Galápagos Penguin and greater Flamingo populations in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, after the 1982–1983 El Niño. Condor 89(2): 276–281.
- Vargas, F.H. Barlow, S., Hart, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Chávez, J., Naranjo, S. & Macdonald, D.W. (2008) Effects of climate on the abundant and distribution of flamingos in the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Zoology 276: 252-265.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phoenicopterus ruber", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20320. Accessed 1 November 2026.