Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
The Chilean Flamingo breeds in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.
Chilean Flamingo
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Chilean flamingos live in large flocks in the wild and require crowded conditions to stimulate breeding.
The Chilean flamingo is the most common flamingo in South America. Its distribution ranges from Peru to Tierra del Fuego. It is up to 105 cm (41 inches) tall while the females are a little bit smaller.
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
Described by: Molina (1782)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Chilean Flamingo
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Range:
Parts of Central Peru, both coasts of South America, Argentina, Uraguay, Paraguay, and Southern Brazil.
The Chilean flamingo is a tall, large bodied bird with a long neck and small head. Most flamingos, including this species, have pale pink plumage and bills.
Believed extinct in 1924, the James' flamingo was rediscovered in 1957, its range overlapping that of the Chilean flamingo.
IUCN: Andean and James' flamingos are listed as species of concern ...
The Chilean flamingo is a large species of flamingo that is found in South America. The James's flamingo is a small and delicate species of flamingo that is found in the Andes mountains in Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.
Chilean Phoenicopterus chilensis Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Susan L. Pettitt 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels at Sylvan Heights
5) Dick at the North Carolina Zoo 6) Dick at The Flamingos Wildife Reserve in Las Vegas
Chilean Flamingos are very ...
are separated into two groups according to the size and shape of their bills and also in the number and arrangement of their lamellae. The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber), and Chilean flamingo ...
ruber), Herons, Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Blue Heron, Egrets, Great Egret (Egretta alba), Storks, African Open-billed Stork (Anastomas lamelligerus), Marabou Stork (leptoptilos crumeriferus), Flamingos, Chilean Flamingo ...
Caribbean, greater Phoenicopterus ruber, and Chilean flamingos Phoenicopterus chilensis are larger and feed mostly on invertebrates such as brine flies, shrimps, and mollusks.
 See also: Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Stork, Heron, Ibis
  
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