Lesser Flamingo - BirdForum Opus

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

Phoenicopterus minor

Identification

80–90 cm (31½-35½ in)
Pink and white plumage

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

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.

Mainly brackish lakes, lagoons, salt pans

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

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

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. 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 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Flamingo