Family: Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)

Authority: Molina, 1782

Red List Category

Criteria: A3cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened because it is suspected that it will undergo a moderately rapid population decline over the next three generations owing to egg-harvesting, hunting, disturbance and the degradation of its habitat.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 7,680,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Marine