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Phoenicoparrus jamesi
The James's flamingo is a bit smaller than the Andean flamingo and lives only in the high Andean plateaus. It was thought to be extinct until 1956, when they found a small population. Right now it is listed as near threatened by the IUCN.
Spotted on Jun 2, 2014
Submitted on Sep 2, 2014
9 Comments
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Hehe thank you James en dankjewel Marta! :)
Thank you very much Ihankin for the nomination! It is an honour to be featured on The Great Nature Project website and on NG education! Can you please tell me what date it will be featured? Thank you!
Oh..en proficiat met de NatGeo! Schitterend! ;-)
I had never seen this type of flamingo before..thanks for sharing! :-)
Beautiful bird and gotta love the name. Congrats on the nomination to NatGeo.!
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Thank you Gilma!
Beautiful!! Thank you for this beautiful spotting and information, PieterColpaert, sorry it is in the list for ''as near threatened by the IUCN''...