#0756 · 🐦 birds
Chilean Flamingo
🇳🇱 Chileense Flamingo ·Phoenicopterus chilensis
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Sebastián Lescano · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nick Chill · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Jorge Schlemmer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © joseluisblazquez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © tnewman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Thibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 3244 Nieuwe-Tonge, Netherlands:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Harderwijk:© benjamindevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. South Holland, NL:© Stijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Dronten, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Chilean flamingo ( Phoenicopterus chilensis ) is a large species of flamingo at 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to American flamingo and greater flamingo, with which it was sometimes considered conspecific. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,362 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782 (244 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Chilean Flamingo
- Nederlands
- Chileense Flamingo
- scientific name
- Phoenicopterus chilensis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Phoenicopteriformes
- family
- Phoenicopteridae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 253
- sightings worldwide
- 9,362
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,055
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Phoenicopteridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4258, Wikidata Q317220, GBIF 2481110, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.