Andean flamingo
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The Andean flamingo is a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in genus Phoenicopterus. It is closely related to James's flamingo, and the t
Andean Flamingo, Salta, AR imported from i Naturalist photo 171995487
Andean flamingo (center) amidst a flock of James's flamingos, in Potosí, Bolivia
Andean flamingo (left) with a Chilean flamingo (right), in Santa Fe, Argentina
In Bolivia
James's flamingo
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James's flamingo, 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.
Andean flamingo
…a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in genus Phoenicopterus. It is closely related to James's flamingo, and the two make up the genus Phoenicoparrus. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James' flamingo are all sympatric, and all live in colonies…
James Flamingo
Illustration by J. G. Keulemans (1886)
Comparison of bills of Andean flamingo (top) and James's flamingo (bottom)
Feeding at Laguna Hedionda, Bolivia.