Andean Flamingo vs American Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus andinus مقارنةً بـ Phoenicopterus ruber

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Andean Flamingo American Flamingo
الاسم العلمي Phoenicoparrus andinus Phoenicopterus ruber
الرتبة Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes
الفصيلة Phoenicopteridae Phoenicopteridae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 85,0 cm (33.5 in) 81,8 cm (32.2 in)
الوزن 3100,0 g (109.35 oz) 3090,0 g (109.00 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Andean Flamingo only

بلا

American Flamingo only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Andean Flamingo

Least Concern

American 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.

American Flamingo

American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large 100–145 cm, brilliant pink flamingo of the Caribbean and Galápagos. Deepest pink of all flamingos; kinked pink-and-black bill. Inhabits hypersaline coastal lagoons, estuaries, and salt flats in the Caribbean, Yucatán, Galápagos, and northern South America.

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