American Flamingo vs Black-headed Heron

Phoenicopterus ruber compared with Ardea melanocephala

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Flamingo	Black-headed Heron
Kingdom same	Animalia (प्राणी)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum same	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class same	Aves (पक्षी)	Aves (पक्षी)
Order	Phoenicopteriformes (फीनिकोप्टरिफोर्मीज़)	Pelecaniformes (पेलिकनीफोरमीज़)
Family	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)	Ardeidae
Genus	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)	Ardea
Species	Phoenicopterus ruber	Ardea melanocephala

Evolutionary Relationship

American Flamingo and Black-headed Heron share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (पक्षी)

Conservation Status

American Flamingo

LC — Least Concern

Black-headed Heron

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Flamingo	Black-headed Heron
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).

Black-headed Heron

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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.

Black-headed Heron

The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a species in the genus Ardea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway