Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)

Meet the 1 Puerto Rico bird record in the family Phoenicopteridae.

1bird in this collection

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Meet the 1 Puerto Rico bird record in the family Phoenicopteridae.

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC

Flamenco Americano

Phoenicopterus ruber

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Occurrence in Puerto Rico

Birds included through historical records, including extirpated and extinct taxa that shaped Puerto Rico's avifauna.

Birds by habitat

Birds linked to beaches, tidal flats, mangroves, salt ponds, coastal lagoons and Puerto Rico's offshore cays.

Conservation

Puerto Rico bird records assigned to the IUCN category Least Concern.

Birds by habitat

Waterbirds and wetland specialists found around marshes, ponds, reservoirs, lagoons and seasonally flooded ground.