Flamingo of James
The Flamant of James ( Phoenicopterus jamesi , in the past Phoenicoparrus jamesi ) lives in South America, where it niche on the high plateaus of the the Andes, with the Peru, the Chile, in Bolivia and Argentine. It is related with the Flamant of Chile and the Flamant of the Andes.
It is a flamingo of small size, with the delicate pace. Its plumage is pink pale, with carmine scratches sharp around the neck and on the back. The eye is surrounded by a zone of naked skin bright red. Its legs are red brick and the nozzle is yellow sharp with black point. The immature ones are grisâtres.
The Flamingo of James resembles the other South American flamingos, but the Flamant of Chile is pinker, with a clearer nozzle and more length, and the Flamant of the Andes is larger with more black in the wings and to the nozzle, and of the yellow legs.
The species is dedicated to Henry Berkeley James (1846-1892), British businessman which discovers the species with the Chile.
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