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Phœnicopteridæ

  1. Obsolete form of Phoenicopteridae.
    • 1876, Alfred Russel Wallace, chapter XVIII, in The Geographical Distribution of Animals, volume II, Harper & Brothers, page 362:
      The Phœnicopteridæ or Flamingoes, common to the Tropical regions of Asia, Africa and America, but absent from Australia, is the only other feature of general interest presented by the distribution of the Waders.