Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) - HBW 1, p. 525
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.
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A big group on the water, resting and some of them feeding actively Locality Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 4 years ago 45 sec 4.8 -
A group of birds resting and preening, and one landing Locality Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 4 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
Several birds feeding by filtering water Locality Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 4 years ago 35 sec 4.6 -
An immature walking and then feeding Locality Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 4 years ago 41 sec 4.1 -
A group of birds feeding on the lake, at pleasant sunset. Locality Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 February 2011 6 weeks ago 21 sec 4 -
A group of birds on the water, looking for food and several individuals preening. Locality Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 February 2011 6 weeks ago 24 sec 3.7
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Lesser flamingos feeding
Locality Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India
Yograj and manjeet jadeja 1 year ago 4 -
Before High Tide in Sea
Locality Sewri, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India (Monotypic species)
anup sharma 17 February 2011 50 weeks ago 3.9 -
Lesser Flamingos feeding
Locality Kumbharwada Saltpans, Bhavnagar District, Gujarat, India
viragvyas5 11 May 2010 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
with greater flamingo , the first for Israel
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 9 April 2006 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird in the little zoo of Jandia
Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rainer Mönke 11 November 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
Close-up
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 13 February 2006 1 year ago 3.7
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calls from adults Locality San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 29 weeks ago 4
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