Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos vs captain cone

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Conus capitaneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos	captain cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mollusca (moluscos)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Gastropoda (gastrópodos)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Conidae
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Conus
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Conus capitaneus

Evolutionary Relationship

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos and captain cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Vista Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos

LC — Least Concern

captain cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos	captain cone
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).

captain cone

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Mozambique, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, and Taiwan.

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.

captain cone

The Captain Cone (Conus capitaneus) is a species in the genus Conus. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.