bird · Phoenicopteriformes · Phoenicopteridae

American Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 — also called Greater Flamingo, Caribbean Flamingo, greater flamingo. Occurrence records of the American Flamingo are shared on GBIF from around 12 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all West Coast National Park (790 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhoenicopteridae

12reserves with records

3 076records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) — Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	790
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	790
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	523
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	241
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	241
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	149
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	137
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	98
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	49
The Wilds Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	26
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	19
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	13

By province

Western Cape: 10 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Scientific name: Phoenicopterus ruber
GBIF taxon: 9691034
Wikidata: Q208004

More of the Phoenicopteridae family

Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.