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This is a list of Phoenicopteriformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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| Andean flamingo | Phoenicoparrus andinus | 38,000 [1] | VU [1] |  [1] | Maximum estimate. The population has been steadily decreasing, and current population is unknown. [1] |  |
| James's flamingo | Phoenicoparrus jamesi | 106,000 [2] | NT [2] |  [2] | Estimated value from 2010 census. Actual population will likely be lower due to habitat loss. [2] |  |
| American flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | 150,000-205,000 [3] | LC [3] |  [3] |  | |
| Chilean flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | 300,000 [4] | NT [4] | [4] | Population is based on census in 2010 which counted 283,000 individuals. [4] |  |
| Greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | 550,000-680, 000 [5] | LC [5] | [5] | Divided into three separate populations: The Palearctic, stretching from West Africa to Kazakhstan (205,000-320,000); The South West and South Asian (240,000); and the sub-Saharan African (100,000-120,000). [5] |  |
| Lesser flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | 2,220,000-3,240,000 [6] | NT [6] | [6] | Estimates based on regions include 15,000-25,000 in West Africa, 1,500,00-2,500,000 in East Africa, 55,000-65,000 in South Africa and Madagascar, and 650,000 in south Asia. [6] |  |
Accipiter is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. With around 50 recognized species it is the most diverse genus in its family. Most species are called goshawks or sparrowhawks, although with the exception of the American goshawk almost all New World species are simply known as "hawks". They can be anatomically distinguished from their relatives by the lack of a procoracoid foramen. Two small and aberrant species usually placed here do possess a large procoracoid foramen and are also distinct as regards DNA sequence. They may warrant separation in the old genus Hieraspiza.
Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species occurs as far north as Japan. The word wobbegong is believed to come from an Australian Aboriginal language, meaning "shaggy beard", referring to the growths around the mouth of the shark of the western Pacific.
Nisaetus, the crested hawk-eagles, is a genus of raptor in the subfamily Aquilinae, found mainly in tropical Asia. They were earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus but molecular studies show that the Old World representatives of that genus are closer to the genus Ictinaetus than to the New World Spizaetus. They are slender-bodied, medium-sized hawk-eagles with rounded wings, long feathered legs, barred wings, crests and usually adapted to forest habitats.
