FLAMINGOS   -   PHOENICOPTERIDAE

American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Playa Bachas, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Unlike the other neotropical flamingos, this species is only found in coastal regions and never in the Andes. (S5)

American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Playa Bachas, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. (S1)

Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis Laguna de los Pozuelos, Jujuy province, Argentina. Chilean Flamingos show almost no black at all in their wings and have distinct pink spots on their "knees". The bird on the left is an Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera. (D7)

Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis Trelew, Chubut province, Argentina. (S6)

Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus Laguna de los Pozuelos, Jujuy province, Argentina. Most of these are Andean Flamingos, but there are a couple of James's Flamingos in the frame too. The Andeans show a huge amount of black in the folded wing, and have predominantly black bills. (D3)

Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus Laguna de los Pozuelos, Jujuy province, Argentina. (D7)

James's (Puna) Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi Laguna de los Pozuelos, Jujuy province, Argentina. The one in the middle is a James's Flamingo, sometimes called Puna Flamingo. They show only a little black in the folded wing, and have mostly yellow bills. (D7)

James's (Puna) Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi Laguna de los Pozuelos, Jujuy province, Argentina. (S6)