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''Phoeniconaias'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of birds in the flamingo family Phoenicopteridae. The genus contains one
extant Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant hereditary titles * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, ...
species, the lesser flamingo (''Phoenicopterus minor'') occurring in sub-Saharan
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and western
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, and an extinct species ''
Phoeniconaias proeses ''Phoeniconaias proeses'' is an extinct species of flamingo from the Pliocene of Australia. Fossil material was described under several names including ''Ocyplanus proeses'' and ''Phoeniconaias gracilis'', which were eventually found to be synony ...
'' from the
Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Phoeniconaias Bird genera Taxa described in 1869 Taxa named by George Robert Gray {{bird-stub