Flamingo

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Classification

Flamingos are related to other large wading birds as follows:

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• Order Ciconiiformes
• Family Cochlearidae, (Boatbill)
• Family Balaenicipitidae, (Shoebill)
• Family Scopidae, (Hammerkop)
• Family Ciconiidae, (storks)
• Family Threskiornithidae, (ibises and spoonbills)
• Family Phoenicopteridae (sometimes classed as an order Phoenicopteriformes.)
• Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Africa, southern Asia and southern Europe.
• Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor), mainly in southern Africa, but the most numerous species.
• James's Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) northern Andes
• Andean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus andinus), southern Andes
• Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), most widespread South American flamingo.
• Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), until recently considered a subspecies of Greater Flamingo. It breeds in the Caribbean and once inhabited Florida,
• Family Ardeidae, (herons, egrets, and bitterns)

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