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title: "Flaming chilijski"
description: "Phoenicopterus chilensis — Ptaki. The Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a species of large flamingo at a height of 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo and the greater flamingo, with which it was previously considered a subspecies before being classified as its own species as a result of their lighter color, smaller size and behavioral differences."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/chilean-flamingo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Flaming chilijski

> Phoenicopterus chilensis — Ptaki. The Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a species of large flamingo at a height of 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo and the greater flamingo, with which it was previously considered a subspecies before being classified as its own species as a result of their lighter color, smaller size and behavioral differences.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicopterus chilensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 9193
- Wikidata: [Q317220](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317220)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4258](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4258)

## Names

- en: Chilean Flamingo
- de: Chileflamingo
- es: Flamenco chileno
- fr: Flamant du Chili
- nl: Chileense flamingo
- pt: Flamingo-chileno
- pl: Flaming chilijski

## Countries with the most observations

AR (4644), CL (978), PE (625), BO (265), DE (168), UY (153), EC (120), BR (99), US (72), MX (47), NL (45), PY (40)

## Summary

The Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a species of large flamingo at a height of 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo and the greater flamingo, with which it was previously considered a subspecies before being classified as its own species as a result of their lighter color, smaller size and behavioral differences. The species is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
The species breeds in South America from Ecuador and Peru to Chile and Argentina and east to Brazil. Like all flamingos, it lays a single chalky-white egg on a mud mound. 
These flamingos are mainly restricted…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247235107

## Machine access

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