Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos vs brown-spot pinion

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Agrochola litura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos	brown-spot pinion
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Noctuidae
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Agrochola
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Agrochola litura

Evolutionary Relationship

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos and brown-spot pinion share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Vista Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos

LC — Least Concern

brown-spot pinion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos	brown-spot pinion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos

Habitat

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

Range

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

brown-spot pinion

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos

El flamenco americano es la especie de flamenco con el plumaje más vivamente colorido, mostrando un brillante tono escarlata rosado derivado de los pigmentos carotenoides presentes en su dieta de crustáceos. Se distribuye por lagunas costeras del Caribe, salinas y manglares, desde las Bahamas y Florida hasta América Central y las Islas Galápagos. Muy gregario, anida en enormes colonias sobre montículos de barro en llanuras intermareales. Su llamativo color rosado intenso es empleado para señalar salud y calidad reproductiva a posibles parejas.

brown-spot pinion

The Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura) is a species in the genus Agrochola. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.