James’s Flamingo
Photo: Iain and Sarah · CC BY 2.0

Flamingos

James’s Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus jamesi

NTNear Threatened
Family
Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
Order
Phoenicopteriformes

Overview

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina.
It is named for Harry Berkeley James, a British naturalist who studied the bird. James's flamingo is closely related to the Andean flamingo, and the two species are the only members of the genus Phoenicoparrus. The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James's flamingo are all sympatric, and all live in colonies (including shared nesting areas).

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

High Andes of southern Peru to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.