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Adult and juvenile
Photo by Alok Tewari
Jamnagar, Coastal Gujarat, India January-2016

Phoenicopterus minor

Identification

Pink and white plumage

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

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Formerly placed in genus Phoenicopterus.

Photo by rony_roshtov
Israel March 2006
The Lesser Flamingo is at the front of the picture and a Greater Flamingo at the rear

Mainly brackish lakes, lagoons, salt pans

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

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Wikipedia

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lesser Flamingo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Flamingo

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 Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Phoenicopterus|Phoenicopterus]].
+[[Image:Lesser_Flamingo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|rony_roshtov|rony_roshtov}} <br />[[Israel]] March 2006<br />The Lesser Flamingo is at the front of the picture and a [[Greater Flamingo]] at the rear]]
 ==Habitat==
 Mainly brackish lakes, lagoons, salt pans