▁and ▁Cat amar ca ▁in ▁Argentina ▁and ▁south west ▁Pot os í ▁in ▁Boliv ia , ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 0 ▁sites ▁altogether . ▁The ▁data ▁collected , ▁suggests ▁that ▁these ▁e cos ystem s ▁were ▁home ▁to ▁ 9 3 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁global ▁population ▁of ▁Ph onic opter us ▁j ames i ▁fl aming os ▁and ▁ 4 8 . 7 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁Ph onic opter us ▁and inus ▁population . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁to ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁bre eding ▁period , ▁high ▁And e an ▁fl aming os ▁were ▁monitor ed ▁in ▁ 2 8 ▁wet lands ▁of ▁South west ▁Pot os í , ▁Boliv ia , ▁in ▁an ▁area ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁“ Los ▁L í pez ”, ▁a ▁R ams ar ▁site ▁located ▁between ▁ 4 , 2 0 0 ▁and ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁metres ▁above ▁sea ▁level ▁on ▁the ▁Boliv ian ▁plate au . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 6 , 1 0 6 ▁ch icks ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁fl aming o ▁species ▁were ▁h atch ed ▁at ▁five ▁la kes ▁( Cap ina , ▁Kh ara , ▁C achi , ▁Color ada ▁and ▁Gu aya ques ), ▁which ▁included ▁ 1 4 , 6 9 7 ▁ch icks ▁h atch ed ▁on ▁Lake ▁Color ada . ▁This ▁supports ▁the ▁assumption ▁that ▁this ▁fl aming o ▁bre eding ▁period ▁will