Aruba, Bahamas (B), Brazil, Colombia, Cuba (B), Dominican Republic (B), Ecuador (B), French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti (B), Jamaica, Mexico (B), Netherlands Antilles (B), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands (NB), USA, Venezuela (B).
Vagrant to Anguilla (NB), Antigua and Barbuda (E), Barbados (E), Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Caribbean; Galapagos.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 260,000 - 330,000 (2011).
(Phoenicopterus ruber) [XC790704]
by Enrique Varela from Shanghai Zoo, Shanghai Shi, China (call)
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) [XC797198]
by Al\u00e1n Palacios from , Mexico (call)
Subspecies
Phoenicopterus ruber (Sibley and Monroe, 1990, 1993) has been split into Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) and American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) following Knox et al. (2002), contra SACC (2005).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
ruber Linnaeus, 1758 - Caribbean; Galapagos.
roseus Pallas, 1811 - Southern Spain and southern France east to Kazakhstan; south through north, western and eastern Africa to South Africa and through Middle East to India and Sri Lanka. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet