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Phoeniconaias
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Phoeniconaias is a genus of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae. The genus contains one extant species, the lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor), occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and western India,[1] and an extinct species, Phoeniconaias proeses, from the Pliocene of Australia, which is thought to have been even smaller.[2]
Quick Facts Phoeniconaias, Scientific classification ...
Phoeniconaias | |
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At Lake Nakuru, Kenya | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
Genus: | Phoeniconaias G. R. Gray, 1869 |
Type species | |
Phoenicopterus minor (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) |
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