Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Parent taxon: Phoenicopteriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1955, Carroll 1988, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Harrison and Walker 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1955, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Adelalopus, Agnopterus, Juncitarsidae, Palaelodidae, Tiliornis
Subtaxa: Elornis Phoeniconaias Phoeniconotius Phoenicoparrus Phoenicopterus Xenorhynchopsis
Type: Phoenicopterus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (2), Madagascar (1), Mauritius (2), Mexico (3), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (1), Reunion (1), South Africa (1), United States (8: California, Florida, Oregon), Venezuela (3)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Thailand (1), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), France (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 45 collections including 49 occurrences