---
title: "Flaming karmazynowy"
description: "Phoenicopterus ruber — Ptaki. The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/american-flamingo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flaming karmazynowy

> Phoenicopterus ruber — Ptaki. The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicopterus ruber*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 15151
- Wikidata: [Q208004](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208004)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4257](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4257)

## Names

- en: American Flamingo
- de: Kuba-Flamingo
- es: Flamenco americano
- fr: Flamant des Caraïbes
- nl: Rode flamingo
- pt: Flamingo-americano
- pl: Flaming karmazynowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (4377), US (2020), EC (2009), CW (358), CU (266), CO (230), TT (202), DO (147), VE (92), AW (70), TC (67), CR (55)

## Summary

The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo, and was formerly considered conspecific with the greater flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed (e.g. by the American and British Ornithologists' Unions) as incorrect due to a lack of evidence. It is also known as the Caribbean flamingo, although it is also present in the Galápagos Islands. It is the only flamingo that naturally inhabits North America.…

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

## Photo

![Flaming karmazynowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-flamingo/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110565632

## Machine access

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