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  Name James's Flamingo
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Phoenicopteriformes
  Familia Phoenicopteridae
  Genus '' Phoenicopterus ''
  Species '''''P jamesi'''''
  Binomial ''Phoenicopterus jamesi''
  Binomial Authority Sclater , 1886


The James's Flamingo (''Phoenicopterus jamesi''), also known as the '''Puna Flamingo''', is a South America n Flamingo . It breeds on the high Andean plateaus of Peru , Chile , Bolivia and Argentina . It is related to the Chilean Flamingo and the Andean Flamingo .

It is a small and delicate flamingo, approximately 3 feet in height. Its plumage is pale pink, with bright carmine streaks around the neck and on the back. When perched a small amount of black can be seen in the wings. There is bright red skin around the eye. The legs are brick-red and the bill is bright yellow with a black tip. Immature birds are greyish.

James's Flamingo is similar to other South American flamingoes, but the Chilean Flamingo is pinker, with a paler and longer bill, and the Andean Flamingo is larger with more black in the wings and bill, and yellow legs.