MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS taxon details

Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

206327 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206327)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1838

Direct children (4)

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Species Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782
Species Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
Species Phoenicopterus minor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798 accepted as Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798)
Species Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 accepted as Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Description Size: largest of flamingoes, up to 1.6 m tall. Plumage: white, pink, bright red and black. Other details: bill with shallow...

Description Size: largest of flamingoes, up to 1.6 m tall. Plumage: white, pink, bright red and black. Other details: bill with shallow keel; upper mandible covers but doesn't fit closely into the lower. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206327 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-21 13:28:34Z

created

Depew, Lorna

1998-09-25 09:27:15Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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