bird · Phoenicopteriformes · Phoenicopteridae

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 — also called European Flamingo, GRFL. Occurrence records of the Greater Flamingo are shared on GBIF from around 24 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (4 758 records), in 6 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhoenicopteridae

24reserves with records

10 466records around them

6provinces

LCIUCN category

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) — Photo: El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4 758
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	866
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	827
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	756
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	736
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	523
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	504
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	276
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	254
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	181
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	164
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	138
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	133
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	99
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	59
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	45
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	38
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	38
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	35
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	12
Randfontein Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	GP Gauteng	10
Noorsekloof Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	9
Drakenstein Lion ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	3
Heyns PrivaatnatuurreserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2

By province

Western Cape: 17 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves
Eastern Cape: 2 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve
KwaZulu-Natal: 1 reserve
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Scientific name: Phoenicopterus roseus
GBIF taxon: 4352332
Wikidata: Q179863

More of the Phoenicopteridae family

Lesser Flamingo American 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.