Flamingo distribution maps

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  Sarus Crane

• 12 Jan 2022

GREAT job! Looking forward to the pelican one!

 

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  Mr Gharial

• 12 Jan 2022

@Sarus Crane

I'll see if I can get that one out next. I also have plans to do Spoonbills, Ibises, Penguins and Cranes. If you want to see another group of birds, just ask!

 

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  birdsandbats

• 12 Jan 2022

How did you make the maps?

American Flamingos don't normally occur in the US outside of the Florida Peninsula.

 

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  JigerofLemuria

• 12 Jan 2022

It would be cool to see one done on at least the true toucans (genus Rhamphastos) and sea eagles (f. haliaetinae). Ratites could also be a cool idea.

 

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  Mr Gharial

• 12 Jan 2022

@JigerofLemuria

Ratites are definitely a good idea! (Can't believe I didn't think of that)

@birdsandbats
I'm comparing sources (Mainly birdlife.org and iNaturalist), and drawing a map of the in-betweens

 

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  birdsandbats

• 12 Jan 2022

@Mr Gharial That birdlife is very wrong, wow. The only reason they show up in the US outside Florida on the iNat map is because of vagrants/escaped zoo birds.

 

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  Sarus Crane

• 12 Jan 2022

@birdsandbats @Mr Gharial is probably referring to the historic range in which flamingos used to naturally occur in these localities.

 

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  birdsandbats

• 12 Jan 2022

@Sarus Crane They didn't though.

 

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  birdsandbats

• 12 Jan 2022

@Mr Gharial How did you make these maps?

 

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  Mr Gharial

• 12 Jan 2022

@birdsandbats

I have a line-out world map ready in PowerPoint. I just re-draw the maps from Birdlife (again, with some combination and comparison of other sources)