Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos vs Reticulated Python

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Python reticulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos	Reticulated Python
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Reptilia (reptil)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)	Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Python (Pythons)
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos and Reticulated Python share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos

LC — Least Concern

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flamenco Americano, Flamenco de Galápagos	Reticulated Python
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	75.0 kg

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).

Reticulated Python

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.

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.

Reticulated Python

La piton reticulada (Python reticulatus) es la serpiente mas larga del mundo y una de las mas pesadas. Mata a sus presas por constriccion.