Andean Flamingo vs Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus andinus مقارنةً بـ Phoenicopterus chilensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Andean Flamingo Chilean Flamingo
الاسم العلمي Phoenicoparrus andinus Phoenicopterus chilensis
الرتبة Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes
الفصيلة Phoenicopteridae Phoenicopteridae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Near Threatened
الطول
طول الجناح 85,0 cm (33.5 in) 80,4 cm (31.7 in)
الوزن 3100,0 g (109.35 oz) 2460,0 g (86.77 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Andean Flamingo only

بلا

Chilean Flamingo only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Andean Flamingo

Near Threatened

Chilean Flamingo

About These Birds

Andean Flamingo

Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) is a large 100–110 cm flamingo of high Andean salt lakes. Pale pink with bright yellow legs; black lower body; heavy pink-and-black bill. Restricted to puna lakes above 3,500 m in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Vulnerable; world population only ~38,000. Feeds on diatoms and invertebrates.

Chilean Flamingo

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a large 100–130 cm flamingo of South America. Pale pink plumage with pinkish legs and distinctive grey-banded knee joints; pink-black bill. Inhabits saline lakes, coastal lagoons, and estuaries from Ecuador south to Argentina and Tierra del Fuego. Feeds by filter-feeding on algae and invertebrates.

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