Taxa

Phoenicopteriformes

Order

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Phoenicopteriformes." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-phoenicopteriformes.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Phoenicopteriformes. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-phoenicopteriformes

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-phoenicopteriformes,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Phoenicopteriformes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-phoenicopteriformes},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Phoenicopteriformes is an order of water birds comprising the flamingos and their extinct relatives, known for their pink or reddish plumage, long legs and necks, and distinctively downturned bills used to filter feed. Flamingos and the closely related grebes of order Podicipediformes are placed together in the parent clade Mirandornithes.

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