After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992

<==o Phoenicopteriformes (flamingoes; flamingolinnut)
   `--o Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1838 (flamingot)
      |--o †Juncitarsus
      |  |-- †J. gracillimus
      |  `-- †J. merkeli
      `--+--o †Palaeolotinae
         |  |--o †Palaelodus [Probalearica; Pliogrus]
         |  |  |-- †P. ambiguus [Probalearica problematica (Milne-Edwards, 1871)]
         |  |  |-- †P. gracilipes
         |  |  |-- †P. crassipes
         |  |  |-- †P. sp.1
         |  |  `?- †P. germanicus (Lambrecht, 1933) [Pliogrus germanicus Lambrecht, 1933]
         |  `--o †Megapalaelodus
         |     |-- †M. goliath
         |     |-- †M. sp.1
         |     `-- †M. sp.2
         `--o Phoenicopterinae Bonaparte, 1838 (nyky-flamingot)
            |?- ?†Phoeniconotius eyrensis (australianflamingo)
            `--o Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758 [Phoenicoparrus, Phoeniconaias] (flamingot)
               |-- †P. croizeti
               |-- †P. aethiopicus
               |-- †P. stocki
               |--o P. ruber Linnaeus, 1758 (flamingo)
               |  |-- P. r. roseus Pallas, 1811 (Greater Flamingo)
               |  |-- P. r. ruber Linnaeus, 1758 (American Flamingo)
               |  `-- ?P. r. antiquorium (amerikanflamingo)
               `--+-- P. minor E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798 [Phoeniconaias] (pikkuflamingo)
                  `--+-- P. chilensis Molina, 1782 [?Phoenicoparrus] (chilenflamingo)
                     |-- P. andinus Philippi, 1854 [?Phoenicoparrus] (andienflamingo)
                     `-- P. jamesi P.L. Sclater, 1886 [?Phoenicoparrus] (punanflamingo)

Phoenicopteridae incertae sedis:

Agnopterus turgaiensis Tugarinov, 1940
        (incl. †Cygnopterus lambrechti Kurochkin, 1968 sensu Mlíkovský & Svek, 1989)

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