| Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
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Ethiopia and Madagascar Most of the population is to be found in the Rift Valley of East Africa with disjunct populations in and around South Africa, in Mauritania and Senegal and in north-west India and Pakistan. There are, however, mass migrations when local conditions at a lake become unsuitable. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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Their specialised algae diet confines them to saline and alkaline lakes as well as coastal lagoons and the concerns about the threat to such habitats e.g. for the extraction of soda ash has led to the species being classified as Near Threatened. | |||
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The Lesser Flamingo is the smallest of the flamingos with the darkest bill. The bill is in fact dark red with a black tip. | |||
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