Phoeniconaias Gray 1869 (flamingo)

Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae

Parent taxon: Phoenicopteridae according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020

See also Brodkorb 1964, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Torres et al. 2014 and Worthy and Yates 2018

Sister taxa: Elornis, Phoeniconotius, Phoenicoparrus, Phoenicopterus, Xenorhynchopsis

Subtaxa: Phoeniconaias gracilis Phoeniconaias proeses

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Li Mae Long (Miocene to Miocene of Thailand)

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