Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Greater Flamingo, Lake Shalla, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Lake Shalla, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Greater Flamingo is distributed around the Mediterranean Sea, in much of Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in saline and alkaline lakes and lagoons.
Greater Flamingo, Lake Shalla, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image It is much larger than Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor with a pink bill with black tip.

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