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5 The Melanistic Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811) was spotted in Umm AlRashrash (Eilat), southern Palestine on 8th August 2013 by Yoav Perlman. http://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/melanistic-black-flamingo.jpg Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811) The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It \