what part of bird family is the flamingo from
Flamingos or flamingoes (About this sound pronunciation (helpÂ·info)) are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus (from Greek ÏÎ¿Î¯Î½Î¹ÎºÎ¿ÏÏÎµÏÎ¿Ï meaning  Phoenix's wing), the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.