Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Phoenicopterus [ruber or roseus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Phoenicopterus [ruber x roseus] (hybrid)
• Phoenicopterus [ruber x chilensis] (hybrid)
• Phoenicopterus ruber x Phoenicoparrus andinus (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Amerikaanse Flamink, Amerikaanse grootflamink, Grootflamink, rootflamink
Arabic: النحام, النحام الكبير, فنتير, مالك الحزين
Asturian: Flamencu del Caribe
Azerbaijani: Adi flaminqo, qırmızı qızılqaz
Bashkir: ҡыҙыл фламинго
Belarusian: Чырванакрылы фламінга, Чырвоны фламінга
Bulgarian: Американско фламинго, Розово фламинго, Червено фламинго
Breton: Ar flammeg boutin, Flammeg Amerika
Catalan: Flamenc, Flamenc de Cuba, Flamenc del carib
Catalan (Balears): Flamenc
Carib: Kalala, Tokoko
Montenegrin: karipski plamenac, карипски пламенац
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): карипски пламенац
Czech: plameňák americký, plameňák karibský, Plameňák růžový
Chuvash: хĕрлĕ фламинго
Welsh: Fflamingo, Fflamingo America
Danish: Cariberflamingo, Flamingo
German: Flamingo, Kubaflamingo, Rosaflamingo
Maldivian: Gudugudaa Dhooni
Greek: Αμερικανικό φλαμίνγκο, Αμερικανικό Φοινικόπτερο, Φοινικόπτερο
English: American Flamingo, Caribbean Flamingo, Flamingo, Greater Flamingo
English, HBW: American Flamingo
English (IOC): American Flamingo
English (United States): American Flamingo
Esperanto: Flamengo , Ruĝa flamengo
Spanish: Flamenco, flamenco americano, Flamenco Común, Flamenco rojo, Flamenco rosa
Spanish (Colombia): Flamenco, Flamenco Americano
Spanish (Cuba): Flamenco, Flamenco rosa
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Flamenco
Spanish (Ecuador): Flamenco Americano
Spanish (Spain): Flamenco Rojo
Spanish (HBW): American Flamingo
Spanish (Honduras): Flamenco
Spanish (Mexico): Flamenco Americano
Spanish (Venezuela): Flamenco, Flamenco o Tococo
Estonian: Flamingo, punaflamingo
Basque: Flamenko handia, Karibeko flamenkoa
Finnish: Amerikanflamingo, Flamingo, karibianflamingo
Faroese: Flæmingur
French: Flamant des Antilles, Flamant des Caraïbes, Flamant rose, Flamant rouge
Guianese Creole French: Tokoko
French (Haiti): Flamant des Caraïbes
Friulian: fenicotar rose
Frisian: Karibyske flamingo
Irish: Lasairéan Meiriceánach, Lasairéan Mór
Guadeloupean Creole French: Flamant rose
Galician: Flamengo caribeño, Flamengo do Caribe, Flamingo
Manx: Lossyrane Americaanagh
Haitian Creole French: Flanman wòz, Flanman wòz 
Hebrew: פלמינגו, פלמינגו אמריקני, שקיטן
Hindi: Pun narai, Urian
Croatian: Američki plamenac, Karipski plamenac
Hungarian: Flamingó, karibi flamingó, Rózsás flamingó
Armenian: Սովորական Ֆլամինգո
Icelandic: Eyjaflæmingi, Flæmingi, Karíbahafsflæmingi
Italian: Fenicottero, Fenicottero americano, Fenicottero rosso
Japanese (romaji): beniirofuramingo, oofuramingo
Japanese: オオフラミンゴ
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი ფლამინგო
Mongolian, Halh: ягаан нал
Kazakh: Америка қоқиқазы, америкалық қоқиқаз, Кәдімгі қоқиқаз, қызыл қоқиқаз
Kirghiz: кызгылт фламинго
Scientific: Phoenicopterus ruber, Phoenicopterus ruber antiquorium, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Luxembourgish: Flamingo
Lithuanian: Didysis flamingas, Flamingas, Karibinis flamingas, Karibų flamingas, Karibuć flamingas, Paprastasis flamingas
Latvian: sarkanais flamingo
Malagasy: Samaky
Macedonian: Фламинго
Mongolian: ягаан нал
Maltese: Fjamingu
Dutch: Caribische Flamingo, Flamingo, Rode Flamingo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudflamingo
Norwegian: Flamingo, Rødflamingo
Wayampi: Makolokolo
Palikúr: Tukuk
Polish: Czerwonak, czerwonak (flaming), flaming karmazynowy
Portuguese: flamengo, Flamingo, flamingo / flamingo-americano, Flamingo-americano, Flamingo-comum, flamingo-grande, Flamingo-grande-comum, gansão, ganso-cor-de-rosa, ganso-do-norte, guará, maranhão, o comum.
Portuguese (Brazil): flamengo, Flamingo, flamingo-grande, gansão, ganso-cor-de-rosa, ganso-do-norte, guará, maranhão
Portuguese (Portugal): Flamingo-americano, flamingo-vermelho
Romansh: flamingo
Rhaeto-Romance: Flamingo cotschen
Romanian: Flaming roșu
Russian: карибский фламинго, Красный фламинго, Обыкновенный фламинго
Northern Sami: Flamingo, Karibiaflamingo
Slovak: plameniak cervený, plameniak červený, Plameniak ružový
Slovenian: Ameriški plamenec, Karibski plamenec, plamenec, Rdeci plamenec, veliki plamenec
Albanian: Lejleku krahëkuq
Serbian: Američki plamenac, Flamingo, Karipski plamenac, Фламинго
Sranan: Segansi
Swedish: Flamingo, Karibflamingo, Karibisk flamingo
Swahili: Heroe Mkubwa
Tamil: Poo Narai
Turkish: Amerika flamanı, Amerika flamingosu, Amerikan Flamingosu, Flaman Kuşu, Flamingo, flamıngo
Udmurt: горд фламинго
Ukrainian: Фламінго, Фламінго червоний
Uzbek: Америка қизил ғози
Chinese: 大火烈鸟, 大火烈鸟大红鹳, 大红鹳, 美洲红鹳
Chinese (Traditional): 美洲紅鸛, 美洲红鸛