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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Amerikaanse/Grootflamink, Grootflamink, rootflamink
Amharic: Սովորական Ֆլամինգո
Arabic: النحام, النحام الكبير, فنتير, مالك الحزين
Asturian: Flamencu del Caribe/común
Azerbaijani: Adi flaminqo
Belarusian: Чырванакрылы фламінга
Bulgarian: Американско / Розово фламинго, Розово фламинго
Breton: Ar flammeg boutin
Catalan: Flamenc, Flamenc de Cuba/comú, Flamenc del carib
Catalan (Balears): Flamenc
Czech: Plameňák americký , plameňák americký/růžový, plameňák karibský, Plamenák ružový, Plameňák růžový, plameòák rùžový
Welsh: Fflamingo
Danish: Caraibisk Flamingo, Flamingo
German: Flamingo, Kuba-/Rosaflamingo, Kubaflamingo, Rosaflamingo
Maldivian: Gudugudaa Dhooni
Greek: Αμερικανικό Φοινικόπτερο/Φοινικόπτερο, Φοινικόπτερο
English: American Flamingo, American or Greater Flamingo, American/Greater Flamingo, Caribbean Flamingo, Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Roseate Flamingo
English, HBW: American/Greater Flamingo
English (IOC): American/Greater Flamingo
English (United States): American/Greater Flamingo
Esperanto: Flamengo
Spanish: Flamenco, Flamenco Americano, Flamenco Americano/Mayor, Flamenco Común, Flamenco Rojo/Común
Spanish (Colombia): Flamenco Americano
Spanish (Cuba): Flamenco, Flamenco rosa
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Flamenco
Spanish (Spain): Flamenco Rojo/Común
Spanish (HBW): American/Greater Flamingo
Spanish (Honduras): Flamenco
Spanish (Mexico): flamenco americano, Flamenco Americano/Mayor
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Flamenco
Spanish (Venezuela): Flamenco o Tococo
Estonian: flamingo
Basque: Flamenko handia, Karibeko flamenkoa/flamenko handia
Finnish: Flamingo
Faroese: Flæmingur
French: Flamant des Antilles, Flamant des Caraïbes ou F. rose, Flamant rose, Flamant rose ou F. des Caraïbes, Flamant rouge, Grand Flamant
French (Haiti): American/Greater Flamingo, Le Flamant rose
Irish: Lasairéan Mór
Galician: Flamengo caribeño/rosa, Flamingo
Haitian Creole French: Flanman wòz, Flanman wòz 
Hebrew: פלמינגו, פלמינגו גדול/אמריקני, שקיטן
Hindi: Pun narai, Urian
Hungarian: Flamingó, Karib/Rózsáz flamingó, Rózsás flamingó
Armenian: Սովորական Ֆլամինգո
Icelandic: Eyjaflæmingi/flæmingi (blendingur), Flæmingi
Italian: Fenicottero, Fenicottero maggiore, Fenicottero rosa
Japanese (romaji): beniirofuramingo, oofuramingo, oofuramingo/yo-roppafuramingo
Japanese: オオフラミンゴ, オオフラミンゴ/ヨーロッパフラミンゴ, ベニイロフラミンゴ
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი ფლამინგო
Kazakh: Кәдімгі қоқиқаз
Scientific: Phoenicopterus [ruber or roseus], Phoenicopterus ruber, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, Phoenicopterus ruber/roseus
Lithuanian: Didysis flamingas, Flamingas, Karibų flamingas
Malagasy: Gagao, Samaky
Macedonian: Фламинго
Maltese: Fjamingu
Dutch: Caribische Flamingo/Flamingo, Flamingo, Grote Flamingo, Rode Flamingo
Norwegian: Flamingo, Rødflamingo, rødflamingo/rosenflamingo
Polish: (flaming) czerwonak, czerwonak, czerwonak (flaming), flaming czerwonak, Flaming karmazynowy, flaming karmazynowy/różowy
Portuguese: flamengo, flamingo, 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-comum, flamingo-vermelho/flamingo-rosado
Romansh: flamingo, Flamingo rosa
Russian: Flamingo, карибский фламинго, Красный фламинго, Красный/Розовый фламинго, Обыкновенный фламинго
Northern Sami: Flamingo
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Raja Siyakkaraya
Slovak: plameniak cervený, plameniak červený/ružový, Plameniak ružový
Slovenian: Ameriški plamanec/Plamenec, plamenec, Rdeci plamenec, veliki plamenec
Albanian: Lejleku krahëkuq
Serbian: Američki plamenac/plamenac, Flamingo, Фламинго
Swedish: Flamingo, Karibisk flamingo, karibisk flamingo/större flamingo, Större flamingo
Swahili: Heroe Mkubwa
Tamil: Poo Narai
Turkish: Amerika flamingosu/Flamingo, Flaman Kuşu, Flamingo, flamıngo
Ukrainian: Фламінго, Фламінго червоний
Chinese: 大火烈鸟, 大火烈鸟大红鹳, 大红鹳, 美洲红鹳/大红鹳
Chinese (Traditional): 美洲紅鸛, 美洲红鸛/大红鸛