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American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Phoenicopterus [genus] (1)
ruber [species]

Classification

Phoenicopterus [genus] (1)
ruber [species]

Names

Dutch name Caribische flamingo
Alternative Dutch name Rode flamingo
English name American Flamingo
Alternative English name Greater Flamingo
Alternative English name Roseate Flamingo
Alternative English name Red Flamingo
Alternative English name Caribbean flamingo
Papiamento name Flamingo
Alternative Papiamento name Chogogo (Bonaire, Curaçao)
Alternative Papiamento name Chogogo [chògògò] (Aruba)
Valid name Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Classification