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James's flamingo
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English
Etymology
Named for British naturalist Harry Berkeley James, who studied the bird.
Noun
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A small species of flamingo, Phoenicoparrus jamesi species, endemic to the high Andean plateaux.
en puna flamingo
en 2000 Michael Bright Wild South America BBC Worldwide 2000 45 At Bolivia's Laguna Colorado, so-called because of the blood-red tinge to the water, the world's largest population of James's flamingoes may be caught by unseasonable freezing, with birds trapped permanently in the ice.
Translations
Phoenicoparrus jamesi
Hungarian: hu rövidcsőrű flamingó
Polish: pl flaming krótkodzioby m, pl czerwonak krótkodzioby m
en Flamingos
en eponyms