Phoeniconaias
Sign in to savePhoeniconaias 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, and an extinct species, Phoeniconaias proeses, from the Pliocene of Australia, which is thought to have been even smaller.
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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, and an extinct species, Phoeniconaias proeses, from the Pliocene of Australia, which is thought to have been even smaller.
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