Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
French: Flamant nain German: Zwergflamingo Spanish: Flamenco Enano
Taxonomy:
Phoenicopterus minor Geoffroy, 1798, no locality = Senegal.
In recent years, frequently included in genus Phoenicopterus, along with all other flamingos. Monotypic.
Distribution: Bulk of population in Rift Valley of E Africa; three further more or less discrete populations in Namibia/Botswana, Mauritania/Senegal and NW India/Pakistan.
- Near Threatened
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A big group on the water, resting and some of them feeding actively Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 2 years ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A group of birds resting and preening, and one landing Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 2 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
Several birds feeding by filtering water Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 2 years ago 35 sec 4.6 -
An immature walking and then feeding Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 2 years ago 41 sec 4.1 -
A huge concentration of flamingos, mostly Lesser, some Greater Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 10 December 2002 3 years ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A group feeding and walking at a swamp Jamnagar Railway Station, Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Chandrahas Kolhatk... 28 January 2003 4 years ago 13 sec 3.2
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An adult bird. Guinate Tropical Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 13 July 2006 51 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird in the little zoo of Jandia Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rainer Mönke 11 November 2009 10 weeks ago 3.5 -
A group flying near the shore. Chilika, Orissa, India
J.M. Garg 22 January 2006 33 weeks ago 3.3 -
A group flying. Chilika, Orissa, India
J.M. Garg 22 January 2006 33 weeks ago 3
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