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Phoenicopterus ruber (Greater Flamingo; American Flamingo; flamant rose)

Synonyms: Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo. It 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 present in the Galápagos Islands. In Cuba it is also known as the Greater Flamingo. It is the only flamingo that naturally inhabits North America.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.9394
EDGE Score: 2.94125
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.729 lbs (3.052 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  142 grams
Female Weight [1]  5.578 lbs (2.53 kg)
Male Weight [1]  7.882 lbs (3.575 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  41.3 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Mangroves, Beaches and estuaries
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Mangroves, Beaches and estuaries
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fish [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  50 %
Diet - Plants [4]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Fledging [1]  73 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  180,000
Incubation [5]  30 days
Mating Display [3]  Ground display
Maximum Longevity [5]  44 years
Speed [7]  34.001 MPH (15.2 m/s)
Wing Span [7]  5.018 feet (1.53 m)
Female Maturity [5]  5 years
Male Maturity [5]  5 years

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Alerstam T, Rosén M, Bäckman J, Ericson PGP, Hellgren O (2007) Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects. PLoS Biol 5(8): e197. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050197
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0