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Flamingosorflamingoes/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊz/areatypeofwadingbirdinthefamilyPhoenicopteridae,theonlybirdfamilyintheorderPhoenicopteriformes.

Family of birds

Flamingos or flamingoes[a] are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean), and two species native to Afro-Eurasia.

A group of flamingoes is called a "flamboyance."[2]

The name flamingo comes from Portuguese or Spanish flamengo ("flame-colored"), which in turn comes from Provençal flamenc – a combination of flama ("flame") and a Germanic-like suffix -ing. The word may also have been influenced by the Spanish ethnonym flamenco ("Fleming" or "Flemish"). The name of the genus, Phoenicopterus, is from the Greek φοινικόπτερος phoinikopteros, lit. crimson/red-feathered);[3] other genera names include Phoeniconaias, which means "crimson/red water nymph (or naiad)", and...