The Andean flamingo is the rarest of the world's flamingo species, found in the high-altitude salt lakes and lagoons of the Andes in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, generally at elevations above 3,000 meters. It is distinguished from other flamingos by its yellow legs and feet, in contrast to the pink or red legs of most other species. Its diet consists mainly of diatoms and other algae filtered from the water through a specialized bill, and it breeds in large colonies on the shores of these remote alkaline lakes.
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Source Andean Flamingo (Wikidata)
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Phoenicoparrus andinus
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: Andean Flamingo
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The Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) is a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America.
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View the Source 3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Phoenicoparrus andinus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
CITES Appendix II
Economic Importance for Humans
Positive Impacts food food ecotourism ecotourism
In Biome: Lake, Habitat Regions, biome: lakes and ponds
lakes and ponds
View the Source 4. GBIF Species API
5. Andean Flamingo (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q423800 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
- Child Taxon Of: Phoenicopteridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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