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James's Flamingo
- Scientific name
- Phoenicoparrus jamesi
- Family
- Phoenicopteridae
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Habitat
- Wetland swamp
- Wing shape
- Broad
- Tail shape
- Pointed
Where it came from
James's flamingo, also known as the puna flamingo, was first formally identified by the British naturalist Harry Berkeley James during his travels in the central Andes in the late 19th century. The bird was long thought to be extinct until a nesting colony was rediscovered in the remote Laguna Colorada of Bolivia in 1956, a find that transformed scientific understanding of Andean high-altitude avian populations.
The species is distinguished by its specialized feeding morphology, including a deep-keeled beak designed for filter-feeding on microscopic diatoms in alkaline lakes. Its aesthetic profile—characterized by its broad wings and distinctive pointed tail—reflects an evolutionary adaptation to the harsh, windy environments of the high-altitude plateau, where it remains a focal point for conservationists interested in the biodiversity of the fragile Andean wetland ecosystem.
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