American Flamingo vs Elegant Spreadwing

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Lestes inaequalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Flamingo	Elegant Spreadwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Lestidae
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Lestes
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Lestes inaequalis

Evolutionary Relationship

American Flamingo and Elegant Spreadwing share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

American Flamingo

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Flamingo	Elegant Spreadwing
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).

Elegant Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

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.