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Flamingo Genera

Flamingo genera are the genera of the family Phoenicopteridae, which has three extant genera and six extant species. The first genus, Phoenicopterus, holds three species, the American flamingo, the greater flamingo and the Chilean flamingo. GBIF lists Phoenicopterus with about 12 descendant taxa, Phoenicoparrus with about 4 and Phoeniconaias with about 3, together with further genera such as Elornis, Juncitarsus and Xenorhynchopsis that sit beside the three living ones.

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Animal Diversity Web: Phoenicopteridae
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Family Phoenicopteridae consists of 3 extant genera and 6 extant species.
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Phoenicopteridae
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  • Children of Phoenicopteridae
    "canonicalName":"Phoenicoparrus","vernacularName":"Andean flamingos","authorship":"Bonaparte, 1856","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":4
  • Children of Phoenicopteridae: Phoenicopterus
    "canonicalName":"Phoenicopterus","vernacularName":"Greater Flamingos","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, & Carolus. (1758). Systema Naturae Per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis, 10th Edition, Vol. 1.","numDescendants":12
  • Children of Phoenicopteridae: Phoeniconaias
    "canonicalName":"Phoeniconaias","vernacularName":"Lesser Flamingo","authorship":"G.R.Gray, 1869","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Ibis, (2) 5, 440","numDescendants":3
  • Children of Phoenicopteridae: Elornis
    "canonicalName":"Elornis","authorship":"Aymard, 1856","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Congr. Sci. France, 22 (1)","numDescendants":2
  • Children of Phoenicopteridae: Juncitarsus
    "canonicalName":"Juncitarsus","authorship":"Olson & Feduccia, 1980","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Smithsonian Contr. Zool. No. 316","numDescendants":2
  • Children of Phoenicopteridae: Xenorhynchopsis
    "canonicalName":"Xenorhynchopsis","authorship":"De Vis, 1905","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Ann. Queensland Mus., No. 6","numDescendants":2
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Wikipedia: Phoeniconaias
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Phoeniconaias is a genus of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae.
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Phoenicopterus - Wikipedia
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Phoenicopterus is a genus of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae.
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