American flamingo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the American flamingo lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phoenicopterus ruber
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe, North America, South America
Mass	142 g (birth weight); 3.58 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.52 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Phoenicopteriformes
Family	Phoenicopteridae

Where does the American flamingo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the American flamingo in 20 countries and territories across Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, Africa, Brazil, South America, The Bahamas. In France it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an American flamingo?

Wikidata records the following for the American flamingo: mass 142 g (birth weight); 3.58 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.52 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the American flamingo endangered?

The American flamingo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the American flamingo?

The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a bird in the order Phoenicopteriformes and the family Phoenicopteridae, genus Phoenicopterus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the American flamingo

The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo, and was formerly considered conspecific with the greater flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed (e.g. by the American and British Ornithologists' Unions) as incorrect due to a lack of evidence. It is also known as the Caribbean flamingo, although it is also present in the Galápagos Islands. It is the only flamingo that naturally inhabits North America.

It is a cultural icon for the U.S. state of Florida, where it was formerly abundant in the southernmost regions, although it was largely extirpated by 1900 and is now only an uncommon visitor with a few small, potentially resident populations.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article American flamingo (revision 1362548650), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q208004 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).