Back to species list

Phoenicopteriformes / Phoenicopteridae / Phoenicopterus

American Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Phoenicopteriformes
Family
Phoenicopteridae
Genus
Phoenicopterus

Distribution

Caribbean region including coastal Yucatan Peninsula and coastal northern South America, and disjunctly in Galapagos

Subspecies (2)

  • Phoenicopterus ruber glyphorhynchus

    Galapagos

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (grefla2) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.