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Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Greater Flamingo
Hanjo, 23 Feb 2019
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    • CarLover
      I believe it is a greater flamingo. It could also be an American flamingo.
      23 Feb 2019
    • Kakapo
      Yes I confirm. is the species mentioned by CarLover.
      23 Feb 2019
    • TeaLovingDave
      @Kakapo Care to clarify *which* of the two species he named you think it is? :p Or are you sticking to a mathematician's answer?
      23 Feb 2019
    • jayjds2
      It’s a greater flamingo.
      23 Feb 2019
    • Hanjo
      Thanks, lovely folks. I now see that it is a greater flamingo : )
      23 Feb 2019
    • Kakapo
      @TeaLovingDave I'm talking about the species he mentioned, so it's a greater (including American) flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber. For more precision, it's the Old World subspecies (roseus), due to the hue of feathers and bill.
      23 Feb 2019
    • TeaLovingDave
      @Kakapo Ah, I wondered if that was what you were doing :p
      23 Feb 2019
    • jayjds2
      @Kakapo well, yes, but he mentioned two species: greater AND American. They’re so remarkably different I’m surprised anyone would still consider them the same.
      23 Feb 2019
    • Kakapo
      Remarkably different? Can you tell me any difference besides the (almost null taxonomic value in general) differente in hue of plumage and hue of the bill? The two subspecies have been equally different since ever (they are not more different now than before the change), and the entire world considered as part of the same species before, so I don't see why we should accept that change...
      24 Feb 2019
    • Chlidonias
      @Kakapo the genetics do suggest that roseus and ruber are sister species, with a 2014 study estimating the separation period of Old World/New World populations at between 700,000 and 1,100,000 years.

      But regardless of that, your original reply was just really unhelpful given that two different taxa were proposed.
      24 Feb 2019
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