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Andean Flamingo Phoenicopterus andinus

Described by: Philippi (1854)
Alternate common name(s): Greater Andean Flamingo
Old scientific name(s): Phoenicoparrus andinus

Photographs

Laguna de los Pozuelos, Argentina - Sep, 2003 © Mark Harper  Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama, south of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Jan, 2007 © Arthur Grosset  Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama, south of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Jan, 2007 © Arthur Grosset  San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Sep, 2004 © Manfred Braun  Laguna Santa Rosa, Region III, Chile - Feb 17, 2007 © Etienne Artigau 
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Range

Cw. South America;
Restricted range;
Andes of sw. Peru (Arequipa), n. Chile (Parinacota marshes, Laguna Santa Rosa, and Lake Atacama in Tarapaca, Antofagasta s. to Lake Maricunga in Atacama), sw. Bolivia (Lake Coipasa in Oruro, Lake Uyuni in Potosi), nw. Argentina in Jujuy (Laguna de los Pozuelos), Salta, Catamarca and Tucuman.
Disperses to Cordoba and Santa Fe in the winter.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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