Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Monotypic
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 11, 2014
Text last updated September 11, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootflamink |
| Albanian | Lejleku krahëkuq |
| Arabic | النحام الكبير |
| Armenian | Սովորական ֆլամինգո |
| Asturian | Flamencu comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi flaminqo |
| Basque | Flamenko handia |
| Bulgarian | Розово фламинго |
| Catalan | flamenc rosat |
| Chinese | 大紅鸛 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大红鹳 |
| Croatian | plamenac |
| Czech | plameňák růžový |
| Danish | Stor Flamingo |
| Dutch | Flamingo |
| English | Greater Flamingo |
| English (United States) | Greater Flamingo |
| Finnish | flamingo |
| French | Flamant rose |
| French (France) | Flamant rose |
| French (Haiti) | Greater Flamingo |
| Galician | Flamengo rosa |
| German | Rosaflamingo |
| Greek | Φοινικόπτερο |
| Gujarati | મોટો હંજ |
| Hebrew | פלמינגו גדול |
| Hungarian | Rózsás flamingó |
| Icelandic | Flæmingi |
| Italian | Fenicottero |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパフラミンゴ |
| Korean | 큰홍학 |
| Latvian | Sārtais flamings |
| Lithuanian | Paprastasis flamingas |
| Malayalam | വലിയ രാജഹംസം |
| Marathi | मोठा रोहित |
| Mongolian | Ягаан нал |
| Norwegian | rosenflamingo |
| Persian | فلامینگوی بزرگ |
| Polish | flaming różowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Flamingo-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Flamingo-comum |
| Romanian | Flaming |
| Russian | Розовый фламинго |
| Serbian | Plamenac |
| Slovak | plameniak ružový |
| Slovenian | Plamenec |
| Spanish | Flamenco Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Flamenco común |
| Swedish | större flamingo |
| Thai | นกฟลามิงโกใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Flamingo |
| Ukrainian | Фламінго рожевокрилий |
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811
PROTONYM:
Phoenicopterus roseus
Pallas, 1811. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 2, p.207.
TYPE LOCALITY:
ad ostia Volgae et Rhymni' = Ural River.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHOENICOPTERUS
- phoenicopterus
- roseus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Greater Flamingo
