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[[Image:James s flamingoJJ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|bievreJJ|bievreJJ}}<br />[[Chile]],  October, 2012]]
 
'''Alternative name: Puna Flamingo'''
 
'''Alternative name: Puna Flamingo'''
  
 
;[[:Category:Phoenicoparrus|Phoenicoparrus]] jamesi
 
;[[:Category:Phoenicoparrus|Phoenicoparrus]] jamesi
 
''Phoenicopterus jamesi''
 
''Phoenicopterus jamesi''
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[[Image:Puna_Flamingo.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo ©  by {{user|tf1044x|tf1044x}}<br />Location: [[Peru]]]]
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'''Alternative name: Puna Flamingo'''
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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3 feet in height. Its plumage is pale pink, on its neck and back are bright carmine streaks. Primaries and secondaries but not tertials are black; this is seen in flight, and sometimes a little black can be seen in the folded wings.  The skin round the eye is bright red, the legs are red and the bill is yellow with a black tip. Juveniles are grey.
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90–92 cm (35½-36¼ in)<br />
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*Pale pink overall plumage
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*Bright carmine streaks on neck and back
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*Black [[Topography#Wings|primaries]] and [[Topography#Wings|secondaries]]
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*Red skin round the eye; red legs; yellow bill with a black tip.<br />
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Juveniles are grey.
 
====Similar species====
 
====Similar species====
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[[Image:Puna_Flamingo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy;
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by {{user|tf1044x|tf1044x}}<br />[[Peru]]]]
 
[[Andean Flamingo]] as adult has a more extensive black tip to the bill, and the shape of the bill also differ.  
 
[[Andean Flamingo]] as adult has a more extensive black tip to the bill, and the shape of the bill also differ.  
  
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Plateaux
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High salt lakes, mostly above 3500 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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They nest in colonies near lakes and lagoons.  The nest is made of mud and is cone shaped, without a top.  1 egg is laid.  The chicks learn to swim quickly.
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[[Image:13050108 Phoenicopterus jamesi 1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy;
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by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />Abra Pampa, Jujuy, [[Argentina]], July 2004]]]
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====Diet====
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A specialist feeder, their diet consists almost entirely of diatoms.
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====Breeding====
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They nest in large colonies, (often mixing with [[Andean Flamingo|Andean]] and [[Chilean Flamingo]]), on islands or islets or along shores of salt lakes.  The cone-shaped nest is made of mud, without a top.  The clutch contains a single egg.  The chicks learn to swim quickly.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#del Hoyo, J., P. F. D. Boesman, and E.F.J. Garcia (2020). James's Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.jamfla1.01
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Phoenicop+jamesi}}
 
{{GSearch|Phoenicop+jamesi}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Phoenicoparrus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Phoenicoparrus]]

Latest revision as of 23:09, 29 May 2020

Photo © by bievreJJ
Chile, October, 2012

Alternative name: Puna Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus jamesi

Phoenicopterus jamesi

Identification

90–92 cm (35½-36¼ in)

  • Pale pink overall plumage
  • Bright carmine streaks on neck and back
  • Black primaries and secondaries
  • Red skin round the eye; red legs; yellow bill with a black tip.

Juveniles are grey.

Similar species

Photo © by tf1044x
Peru

Andean Flamingo as adult has a more extensive black tip to the bill, and the shape of the bill also differ.

Distribution

It breeds on the high Andean plateaux of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1. It is related to the Chilean Flamingo and the Andean Flamingo.

Habitat

High salt lakes, mostly above 3500 m.

Behaviour

Photo © by Fritz73
Abra Pampa, Jujuy, Argentina, July 2004

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Diet

A specialist feeder, their diet consists almost entirely of diatoms.

Breeding

They nest in large colonies, (often mixing with Andean and Chilean Flamingo), on islands or islets or along shores of salt lakes. The cone-shaped nest is made of mud, without a top. The clutch contains a single egg. The chicks learn to swim quickly.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. del Hoyo, J., P. F. D. Boesman, and E.F.J. Garcia (2020). James's Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.jamfla1.01

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