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Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor

Flamant nain

Lesser Flamingo adult
The Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) is a species in the flamingo family of birds which occurs in Africa (principally in the Great Rift Valley), across to Pakistan and northwest India. It is the smallest and most numerous flamingo, probably numbering up to two million individual birds.

In Africa, where they are most numerous, the Lesser Flamingos breeds principally on the highly caustic Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. Like all flamingos, they lay a single chalky white egg on mounds they build of mud. Most of the plumage is pinkish white.
Reproduction prohibited without prior permission. © Gerhard Theron

The species

Classification

Order : Phoenicoptériformes
Family : Phoenicopteridae
Species : Lesser Flamingo


Species photos

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The photo

O.Net reference : geth25455
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Plumage : adult

Photo details

Date : 2006 Jun.
Country : South Africa (sf)
Region : Orange Free State
Location : Welkom Aerodrome Welkom Aerodrome
Lat. : 28° 0' 0'' South
Lng. : 26° 38' 60'' East

Exif data [+][-]

Model : Canon EOS 20D
Speed : 1/640 s
Aperture : 8
Focal length : 400 mm
Iso : 100
Flash : no