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Chilean Flamingo, (Phoenicopterus chilensis), Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopterus
Code Number:
ABIV01P10_13
Title:
Chilean Flamingo, (Phoenicopterus chilensis), Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopterus
Range: South America from Ecuador and Peru to Chile and Argentina and east to Brazil
Habitat: Saltwater wetlands, salt lakes high in the Andes Mountains
Diet: mainly algae and plankton
Size: 110?130 cm
Closely related to: Caribbean Flamingo, Greater Flamingo
Lifespan: 30-50 years

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicopterus
Species: Phoenicopterus chilensis
(Molina, 1782)
Keywords:
Phoenicopteriformes, Birds, Fauna, Aves, Vertebrate, Chordates, Chordata, Ornithology, Vertebrata, Animilia, Animals
Image by:
Wernher Krutein

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