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Photo by rony_roshtov
Photographed at Israel. The Lesser Flamingo is at the front of the picture and a Greater Flamingo at the rear.

Phoeniconaias minor

Phoenicopterus minor

[edit] Identification

Pink white plumage.

[edit] Distribution

Africa, Pakistan and northwest India. Also recorded in many European countries as vagrants such as Spain and Turkey.

[edit] Taxonomy

Placed in genus Phoenicopterus by some authorities.

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

1 chalky white egg is laid on mounds they build of mud.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages