American Flamingo vs Azure Cup

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Peziza azureoides

Key Differences

• American Flamingo is Least Concern while Azure Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Flamingo	Azure Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Pezizaceae
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Peziza
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Peziza azureoides

Conservation Status

American Flamingo

LC — Least Concern

Azure Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Flamingo	Azure Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Flamingo

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Azure Cup

American Flamingo

The most vibrantly colored flamingo species, American flamingos display brilliant scarlet-pink plumage from the carotenoid pigments in their crustacean diet. Found in Caribbean coastal lagoons, salt pans, and mangrove swamps from the Bahamas and Florida through Central America and the Galapagos. Highly gregarious, they nest in huge colonies on mudflat mounds. Their distinctive deep pink color is used to signal health and reproductive quality to potential mates.

Azure Cup

The Azure Cup (Peziza azureoides) is a species in the genus Peziza.