American Flamingo vs centurion

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Centrosema pascuorum

Key Differences

• American Flamingo is Least Concern while centurion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Flamingo	centurion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Fabaceae
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Centrosema
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Centrosema pascuorum

Conservation Status

American Flamingo

LC — Least Concern

centurion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Flamingo	centurion
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).

centurion

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia and Brazil.

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.

centurion

The Centurion (Centrosema pascuorum) is a species in the genus Centrosema. Distributed across Australia and Brazil.