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)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1997: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, Hew Haven, 1996, x-420 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Peterson, A. P., 2002-2004: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2004-12-24)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-01-21] - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.