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Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, GI 1782

The Chilean flamingo is a species of large flamingo at 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo and the greater flamingo, with which it was sometimes considered conspecific. The species is listed as near threatened by the IUCN. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Phoenicopteriformes
Family:
  Phoenicopteridae
Genus:
   Phoenicopterus
Scientific:
  Phoenicopterus chilensis

Original description

Citation:
  Molina, GI 1782

Reference:
   Saggio Storia Nat. Chili

Protonym:
  Phoenicopterus Chilensis

Type locality:
  Chile.

Link:
  https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/9635/?offset=#page=242&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4F28673C181D26B8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4F28673C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4F28673C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562025


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Phoenicopterus chilensis: Andes of s South America; pampas of s Brazil to s Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Chilean Flamingo
Catalan:
Flamenc de Xile
Czech:
plameňák chilský
Danish:
Chileflamingo
German:
Chileflamingo
Spanish:
Flamenco Chileno
Spanish (Spain):
Flamenco Chileno
Finnish:
chilenflamingo
French:
Flamant du Chili
Croatian:
Čileanski plamenac
Hungarian:
chilei flamingó
Icelandic:
Roðaflæmingi
Italian:
Fenicottero del Cile
Japanese (romaji):
chiri-furamingo
Japanese:
チリーフラミンゴ
Lithuanian:
Čilinis flamingas
Dutch:
Chileense Flamingo
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Chileflamingo
Norwegian:
Chileflamingo
Polish:
flaming chilijski
Portuguese:
Flamingo-chileno
Portuguese (Brazil):
flamingo-chileno
Portuguese (Portugal):
Flamingo-chileno
Russian:
Чилийский фламинго
Slovak:
plameniak čilský
Serbian:
Čileanski plamenac
Swedish:
chileflamingo
Ukrainian:
Фламінго чилійський
Chinese:
智利红鹳
Chinese (Traditional):
智利紅鸛

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Flamant du Chili ( Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
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South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
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South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
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South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
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South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
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South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
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South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
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South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
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South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
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South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
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South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Phoenicopterus chilensis

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Chileense flamink
Asturian: Flamencu chilenu
Azerbaijani: Çili qızılqazı
Bashkir: Чили фламингоһы
Belarusian: Чылійскі фламінга
Bulgarian: Чилийско фламинго
Breton: Flammeg Chile
Catalan: Flamenc de Xile
Montenegrin: čileanski plamenac, чилеански пламенац
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): чилеански пламенац
Czech: Plamenák chilský, Plameňák chilský, plameòák chilský
Welsh: Fflamingo Chile
Danish: Chileflamingo
German: Chileflamingo, Chilenischer Flamingo
Greek: Φοινικόπτερο της Χιλής, Χιλιανό φλαμίνγκο
English: Chilean Flamingo, Chilian Flamingo
English, HBW: Chilean Flamingo
English (IOC): Chilean Flamingo
English (United States): Chilean Flamingo
Esperanto: Ĉilia flamengo
Spanish: Flamenco, Flamenco austral, Flamenco Chileno, Flamenco de Chile
Spanish (Argentine): Flamenco austral
Spanish (Chile): Flamenco chileno
Spanish (Ecuador): Flamenco Chileno
Spanish (Spain): Flamenco Chileno
Spanish (HBW): Chilean Flamingo
Spanish (Peru): Flamenco Chileno
Spanish (Paraguay): Flamenco
Spanish (Uruguay): Flamenco, Flamenco Austral
Estonian: lõunaflamingo
Finnish: Chilenflamingo
Faroese: Reyðföttur flæmingur
French: Flamant du Chili
Frisian: Sileenske flamingo
Irish: Lasairéan Sileach
Galician: Flamengo chileno
Guarani: Guarimbo pytâ
Manx: Lossyrane Shilleeagh
Hebrew: פלמינגו צ'ילה, פלמינגו צ'יליאני
Croatian: Čileanski plamenac, Čilski plamenac
Hungarian: chilei flamingó
Icelandic: Roðaflæmingi
Italian: Fenicottero del Cile
Japanese (romaji): chiriafuramingo, chiri-furamingo
Japanese: チリアフラミンゴ, チリーフラミンゴ
Mongolian, Halh: налынхан
Kazakh: Чили қоқиқазы , чилилік қоқиқаз
Kirghiz: Чили фламингосу
Scientific: Phoenicopterus chilensis
Lithuanian: Čilės flamingas, Čilinis flamingas
Latvian: Čīles flamingo
Macedonian: Чилеански фламингио
Mongolian: налынхан
Dutch: Chileense Flamingo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Chileflamingo
Norwegian: Chileflamingo
Polish: flaming chilijski
Portuguese: flamengo, flamingo-chileno, guanaco, guará
Portuguese (Brazil): flamengo, Flamingo-chileno, guanaco, guará
Portuguese (Portugal): Flamingo-chileno
Rhaeto-Romance: Flamingo dal Chile
Romanian: Flaming chilian
Russian: Чилийский фламинго
Northern Sami: Chileflamingo
Slovak: plameniak cilský, plameniak čilský, Plameniak čílský
Slovenian: čilski plamenec
Serbian: Čileanski plamenac
Swedish: Chileflamingo
Turkish: Şili flamanı, Şili Flamingosu
Udmurt: Чилиысь фламинго
Ukrainian: Фламінго чилійський
Uzbek: Чили қизил ғози
Chinese: 智利红鹳
Chinese (Traditional): 智利紅鸛

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