James's Flamingo
Also known as Puna flamingo, Phoenicoparrus jamesi
species of bird
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James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina.
It is named for Harry Berkeley James, a British naturalist who studied the bird. James's flamingo is closely related to the Andean flamingo, and the two species are the only members of the genus Phoenicoparrus. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James's flamingo are all sympatric, and all live in colonies (including shared nesting areas). James's flamingo had been thought to be extinct until a population was discovered in a remote area in 1956.
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Birds described in 1886Birds of the Puna grasslandFauna listed on CITES Appendix IIFlamingosIUCN Red List near threatened speciesNear threatened animalsNear threatened biota of South AmericaPhoenicopteridaeTaxa named by Philip SclaterTaxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinations