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Phoenicopterus ruber
"The American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo closely related to the Greater Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Greater Flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed (e.g. by the American and British Ornithologists' Unions) as incorrect due to a lack of evidence. It has also been known as the Caribbean Flamingo, but the species' presence in the Galápagos makes that name problematic. It is the only flamingo which naturally inhabits North America."
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Captive bird at the Riverbanks Zoo & Garden in Columbia.
2 Comments
Thanks asergio.
A good flamingo photo always deserve a favorite. Very nice, Liam, congrats.