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title: "Flamingo"
description: "Phoenicopterus roseus — Vogels. The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the largest and most widespread species of the flamingo family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/greater-flamingo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flamingo

> Phoenicopterus roseus — Vogels. The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the largest and most widespread species of the flamingo family.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicopterus roseus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 39739
- Wikidata: [Q179863](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179863)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73222](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73222)

## Names

- en: Greater Flamingo
- de: Rosaflamingo
- es: Flamenco común
- fr: Flamant rose
- nl: Flamingo
- pt: Flamingo-comum
- pl: Flaming różowy

## Countries with the most observations

ES (8327), FR (6599), PT (4385), IT (4238), ZA (2485), GR (1542), IN (1323), NA (906), TR (668), AE (644), TZ (576), DZ (554)

## Summary

The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the largest and most widespread species of the flamingo family. Common in the Old World, they are found in Northern (coastal) and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent (south of the Himalayas), Central Asia, the Middle East, the Levant, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_flamingo

## Photo

![Flamingo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-flamingo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olsza Borys · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198991178

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-flamingo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).