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 NT    Lesser Flamingo* Id (Atlas):
    Phoeniconaias minor

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Phoenicopterus minor [Collar et al. (1994)], Phoenicopterus minor [BirdLife International (2000)], Phoenicopterus minor [BirdLife International (2004)], Phoenicopterus minor [BirdLife International (2006)], Phoenicopterus minor [AERC TAC (2003)], Phoenicopterus minor [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Phoenicopterus minor [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)], Phoenicopterus minor [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)

Size
99 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798)

Habitat
Large undisturbed alkaline and saline lakes, salt pans or coastal lagoons.

Range (Guide)
Angola (NB), Botswana (B) (NB), Burundi (NB), Cameroon (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB), Djibouti (NB), Eritrea (NB), Ethiopia (NB), Gabon (NB), Gambia (NB), Guinea (NB), Guinea-bissau (NB), India (B) (NB), Kenya (NB), Lesotho (NB), Madagascar (NB), Malawi (NB), Mauritania (NB), Mozambique (NB), Namibia (B) (NB), Pakistan (NB), Senegal (NB), Sierra Leone (NB), South Africa (B) (NB), Sudan (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Uganda (NB), Yemen (NB), Zambia (NB), Zimbabwe (NB).

Vagrant to Afghanistan, Chad (NB), Comoros (NB), Egypt, Ghana (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (E), Mauritius, Morocco, Niger (NB), Nigeria (NB), Oman, Réunion, Rwanda (NB), Sâo Tomé e Principe (NB), Somalia (NB), Spain, Swaziland (NB), United Arab Emirates.

Bulk of population in Rift Valley of eastern Africa; three further more or less discrete populations in Namibia/Botswana, Mauritania/Senegal and north-western India/Pakistan.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,200,000 - 3,240,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Almost entirely microscopic blue-green algae and benthic diatoms. Also, small aquatic invertebrates.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) [XC383208]
     by id from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur, France (call)

Nest
A mound of mud. In huge colonies, often in the company of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) - 10 files


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