Species profile
Phoenicopterus costaricensis
Phoenicopterus costaricensis
Quick answer
Type host. Blue-crowned motmot, Momotus momota (Linnaeus) (Coraciiformes: Momotidae). Type locality. Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Republic of Costa Rica.
- Scientific name
- Phoenicopterus costaricensis
- Family
- Phoenicopteridae
- Order
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Genus
- Phoenicopterus
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Related species in Phoenicopteridae
- American Flamingo, Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)
- Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
- Elornis grandis (Elornis grandis)
- Elornis littoralis (Elornis littoralis)
- flamingo (Phoenicopterus floridanus)
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Juncitarsus gracillimus (Juncitarsus gracillimus)