Andean Flamingo vs Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus andinus से तुलना Phoenicopterus chilensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Andean Flamingo Chilean Flamingo
वैज्ञानिक नाम Phoenicoparrus andinus Phoenicopterus chilensis
गण Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes
कुल Phoenicopteridae Phoenicopteridae
संरक्षण स्थिति Vulnerable Near Threatened
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 85.0 cm (33.5 in) 80.4 cm (31.7 in)
वजन 3100.0 g (109.35 oz) 2460.0 g (86.77 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Andean Flamingo only

कोई नहीं

Chilean Flamingo only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

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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