Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and Flamingo Species in Türkiye

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 10, 4 - 16, 30.12.2022

Ahmet Karataş , Nizamettin Yavuz , Süreyya İsfendiyaroğlu Şafak Bulut

Abstract

Flamingos, long-legged and long-necked water bird, form the order Phoenicopteriformes, which consists of the family Phoenicopteridae. Two of these six species of these birds, two of which are distributed in the Old World continents and four in the Americas, are also found in Türkiye. In this article, the status of Greater Flamingo – Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 and Lesser Flamingo – Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) in Türkiye from past to present has been compiled and presented.

Keywords

Phoenicopterus roseus, Flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, Lesser Flamingo, Turkey

FLAMİNGOLAR (PHOENICOPTERIFORMES) VE TÜRKİYE’DEKİ FLAMİNGO TÜRLERİ

Abstract

Uzun bacaklı ve uzun boyunlu su kuşu olan flamingolar, Phoenicopteridae ailesinden ibaret olan Phoenicopteriformes takımını oluştururlar. İkisi Eski Dünya kıtalarında, dördü Amerika kıtalarında dağılım gösteren bu kuşların altı türünden ikisi Türkiye’de de bulunur. Bu yazıda Türkiye’deki Büyük Flamingo – Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 ve Küçük Flamingo – Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) türlerinin geçmişten günümüze durumu derlenerek verilmiştir.

Keywords

Phoenicopterus roseus, Flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, Küçük Flamingo, Türkiye

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