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Definition of Phoenicopterus

Phoenicopterus
Phoenicopterus Ph[oe]`ni*cop"te*rus, n. [NL. See Phenicopter.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.

Meaning of Phoenicopterus from wikipedia

- Phoenicopterus is a genus of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae. The genus Phoenicopterus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl...
- The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. Common in the Old World, they are found...
- genus name Phoenicopterus is the Latin word for a flamingo. The specific epithet ruber is Latin meaning "red". The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)...
- Oligocene of South Australia) Phoenicopterus copei (Miller 1963) (Late Pleistocene of North America and Mexico) Phoenicopterus florid**** (Brodkorb 1953)...
- Gray, G.R. (1869). "Notes on the bills of the species of Flamingo (Phœnicopterus)". Ibis. New Series. 5 (20): 438–443. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1869.tb06897...
- mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in genus Phoenicopterus. It is closely related to James's flamingo, and the two make up the...
- The Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a species of large flamingo at a height of 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo...
- in North Carolina. Brodkorb described Phoenicopterus florid****' tibiotarsus as similar to modern Phoenicopterus species, but broader and deeper and with...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Treron phoenicopterus. BirdLife International (2012). "Treron phoenicopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012...
- Phoenicopterus copei is an extinct species of flamingo that inhabited North America during the Late Pleistocene. Its fossils have been discovered in Oregon...