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.
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.
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
James's flamingo
…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. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James's flamingo are all sympatric…
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