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James's Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus jamesi

Classification

Class
Aves

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina. It is named for Harry Berkeley James, a British naturalist who studied the bird. James's flamingo is closely related to the Andean flamingo, and the two species are the only members of the genus Phoenicoparrus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 221Brazil · 18