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title: "Flamingo-de-james"
description: "Phoenicoparrus jamesi — Aves. James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/james-s-flamingo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flamingo-de-james

> Phoenicoparrus jamesi — Aves. James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina.

- Scientific name: *Phoenicoparrus jamesi*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1194
- Wikidata: [Q423782](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423782)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73221](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73221)

## Names

- en: James's Flamingo
- de: Kurzschnabelflamingo
- es: Parina chica
- fr: Flamant de James
- nl: James' flamingo
- pt: Flamingo-de-james
- pl: Flaming krótkodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

BO (513), AR (255), CL (224), PE (37), BR (5)

## Summary

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina.
It is named for Harry Berkeley James, a British naturalist who studied the bird. James's flamingo is closely related to the Andean flamingo, and the two species are the only members of the genus Phoenicoparrus. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James's flamingo are all sympatric, and all live in colonies (including shared nesting areas). James's flamingo had been thought to be extinct until a population was…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%27s_flamingo

## Photo

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

Photo: Naturalist Tours · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53270408

## Machine access

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