Editing Flamingo (section)

===Species===
Six extant flamingo species are recognized by most sources, and were formerly placed in one genus (have common characteristics) – ''Phoenicopterus''. As a result of a 2014 publication,<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1186/1471-2148-14-36|pmid= 24580860|pmc= 4016592|title= A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)|journal= BMC Evolutionary Biology|volume= 14|issue= 1|pages= 36|year= 2014|last1= Torres|first1= Chris R|last2= Ogawa|first2= Lisa M|last3= Gillingham|first3= Mark AF|last4= Ferrari|first4= Brittney|last5= Van Tuinen|first5= Marcel|doi-access= free|bibcode= 2014BMCEE..14...36T}}</ref> the family was reclassified into two genera.<ref>Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). (2016). [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ IOC World Bird List (v 6.3).]</ref> In 2020, the family had three recognized genera, according to [[Handbook of the Birds of the World|HBW]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.hbw.com/species/lesser-flamingo-phoeniconaias-minor|title=Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)|website=www.hbw.com|year=2020|doi=10.2173/bow.lesfla1.01|language=en|access-date=2019-12-18|last1=Del Hoyo|first1=Josep|last2=Boesman|first2=Peter F. D.|last3=Garcia|first3=Ernest|last4=Kirwan|first4=Guy M.|s2cid=226397475|editor1-first=Josep|editor1-last=Del Hoyo|editor2-first=Andrew|editor2-last=Elliott|editor3-first=Jordi|editor3-last=Sargatal|editor4-first=David|editor4-last=Christie|editor5-first=Eduardo|editor5-last=De Juana}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
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!Image!! Species !! colspan="2"|Geographic location
|-
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|[[Greater flamingo]]{{pb}}(''Phoenicopterus roseus'')
| rowspan="2" | Old World
| Parts of Africa, S. Europe and S. and SW Asia (most widespread flamingo).
|-
!  [[File:Lesser Flamingo RWD.jpg|175px]]
|[[Lesser flamingo]]{{pb}}(''Phoeniconaias minor'')
| Africa (e.g. [[Great Rift Valley]]) to NW [[India]] (most numerous flamingo).
|-
!  [[File:Westfalenpark-100821-17767-Flamingo.jpg|175px]]
|[[Chilean flamingo]]{{pb}}(''Phoenicopterus chilensis'')
| rowspan="4"| New World
| Temperate S. South America.
|-
!  [[File:James Flamingo.jpg|175px]]
|[[James's flamingo|James's or Puna flamingo]]{{pb}}(''Phoenicoparrus jamesi'')
| High Andes in [[Peru]], [[Chile]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Argentina]].
|-
!  [[File:Two andeanflamingo june2003 arp.jpg|175px]]
|[[Andean flamingo]]{{pb}}(''Phoenicoparrus andinus'')
| High Andes in Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.
|-
!  [[File:Greater flamingo galapagos.JPG|175px]]
|[[American flamingo|American or Caribbean flamingo]]{{pb}}(''Phoenicopterus ruber'')
| [[Caribbean]] islands, Caribbean [[Mexico]], southern [[Florida]],<ref name=Florida>[https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2018/02/23/flamingo-native-florida-again/364422002/ Scientists: Florida flamingos are native to the state], ''[[The News-Press|News-Press]]'', Chad Gillis, February 23, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2019.</ref> [[Belize]], coastal [[Colombia]], northern [[Brazil]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Galápagos Islands]].
|}

Prehistoric species of flamingo:
* ''[[Elornis]]''? <small>Milne-Edwards, 1868</small> (Late Oligocene of France, Europe)<ref name=M05>{{Cite journal|last1=Mayr|first1=G.|year=2005|title=The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe|url=https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/tertiary_birds.pdf |journal=Biological Reviews|volume=80|issue=4 |pages=515–542|doi= 10.1017/S1464793105006779|pmid=16221327 |s2cid=9256162 }}</ref>
* ''[[Harrisonavis]]'' <small>(Gervais, 1852)</small> (Middle Oligocene–Middle Miocene of C. Europe)<ref name=torres15>{{cite journal|last1=Torres|first1=C. R.|last2=De Pietri|first2=V. L.|last3=Louchart|first3=A.|last4=Van Tuinen|first4=M.|year=2015|title=New cranial material of the earliest filter feeding flamingo ''Harrisonavis croizeti'' (Aves, Phoenicopteridae) informs the evolution of the highly specialized filter feeding apparatus|journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution|volume=15|issue=3|pages=609–618|doi=10.1007/s13127-015-0209-7|bibcode=2015ODivE..15..609T |s2cid=18198929}}</ref>
* ''[[Leakeyornis]]'' <small>(Harrison and Walker, 1976)</small> (Early to Middle Miocene of Lake Victoria, Kenya)<ref name=RW83>{{Cite journal|last1=Rich|first1=P. V.|last2=Walker|first2=C.A.|year=1983|title=A New Genus of Miocene Flamingo from East Africa|journal=Ostrich| volume=54|issue=2|pages=95–104|doi=10.1080/00306525.1983.9634452|bibcode=1983Ostri..54...95R }}</ref>
* ''[[Phoeniconaias proeses]]'' <small>(De Vis 1905)</small> (Pliocene of Lake Kanunka, Australia)<ref name=RTRM87>{{Cite journal|last1=Rich|first1=P.V.|last2=van Tets|first2=G.F.|last3=Rich|first3=T.H.V.|last4=McEvey|first4=A.R.|year=1987|title=The Pliocene and Quaternary Flamingos of Australia|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126031#page/209/mode/1up|journal= Memoirs of the Queensland Museum|volume=25|issue=1|pages=207–225}}</ref>
* ''[[Phoeniconaias siamensis]]'' <small>Cheneval ''et al''. 1991</small> (Early Miocene of Mae Long Reservoir, Thailand)<ref name=C91>{{Cite journal|last1=Cheneval|first1=J.|last2=Ginsburg|first2=L.|last3=Mourer-Chauvire|first3=Cécile| last4=Ratanasthien|first4=Benjavun|year=1991|title=The Miocene avifauna of the Li Mae Long locality, Thailand: systematics and paleoecology|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229274612|journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences|volume=6|issue=2|pages=117–126|doi=10.1016/0743-9547(91)90103-5 |bibcode=1991JAESc...6..117C }}</ref>
* ''[[Phoeniconotius]]'' <small>Miller 1963</small> (Late Oligocene of South Australia)<ref name=M63>{{Cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=A.H.|year=1963|title=The fossil flamingos of Australia.|url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v065n04/p0289-p0299.pdf|journal=The Condor|volume=65|issue=4|pages=289–299|doi=10.2307/1365355|jstor=1365355 }}</ref>
* ''[[Phoenicopterus copei]]'' <small>(Miller 1963)</small> (Late Pleistocene of North America and Mexico)<ref name=H55/>
* ''[[Phoenicopterus floridanus]]'' <small>(Brodkorb 1953)</small> (Early Pliocene of Florida)<ref name=B53>{{Cite journal|last1=Brodkorb|first1=P.|year=1953|title=A Pliocene flamingo from Florida|journal=Natural History Miscellanea|issue=124|pages=1–4}}</ref>
* ''[[Phoenicopterus minutus]]'' <small>Howard 1955</small> (Late Pleistocene of California, US)<ref name=H55>{{Cite journal|last=Howard|first=H.|year=1955|title=Fossil Birds from Manix Lake California: Descriptions of late Pleistocene bira remains, including a new species of flamingo| url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0264j/report.pdf | journal=Geological Survey Professional Paper|volume= 264|pages=199–205}}</ref>
* ''[[Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae]]'' <small>Miller 1963</small> (Late Oligocene of South Australia)<ref name=M63/>
* ''[[Phoenicopterus stocki]]'' <small>(Miller 1944)</small> (Middle Pliocene of Rincón, Mexico)<ref name=M44>{{Cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=L.|year=1944|title=A Pliocene flamingo from Mexico|url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v056n02/p0077-p0082.pdf|journal=The Wilson Bulletin|volume=56|issue=2|pages=77–82}}</ref>
* ''[[Xenorhynchopsis]]'' <small>De Vis 1905</small> (Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia)<ref name=RTRM87/>