Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Monotypic
Alfredo Salvador, Miguel Á. Rendón, Juan A. Amat, and Manuel Rendón-Martos
Version: 2.0 — Published August 12, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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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 |
Revision Notes
Alfredo Salvador, Miguel Á. Rendón, Juan A. Amat, and Manuel Rendón-Martos revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molt, and Morphology page. JoAnn Hackos, Miriam Kowarski, Robin K. Murie, and Daphne R. Walmer copyedited the account. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Huy Truong updated the distribution map.
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811
PROTONYM:
Phoenicopterus roseus
Pallas, 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2, p.207.
TYPE LOCALITY:
ad ostia Volgae et Rhymni' = Ural River.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHOENICOPTERUS
- phoenicopterus
- roseus
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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)
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