Lesser Flamingo
Conservation status
Near Threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Phoenicopteriformes Family: Phoenicopteridae Genus: Phoenicopterus Species: P. minor
Binomial name
Phoenicopterus minor Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798

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 a very rare vagrant to southern Europe, with several records from Spain - birds are occasionally reported from further north, but are generally considered to be escapes. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 475 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 757 pixel, file size: 91 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Lesser Flamingo at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, Gloucestershire, England. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... Near Threatened (NT) is an conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... For the American doo-wop group, best known for I Only Have Eyes for You (1959), see The Flamingos. ... For the American doo-wop group, best known for I Only Have Eyes for You (1959), see The Flamingos. ... For the American doo-wop group, best known for I Only Have Eyes for You (1959), see The Flamingos. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... An engraving of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. ... Flamingos are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus and family Phoenicopteridae. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

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. Look up caustic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lake Natron, here from 300 km overhead, changes colors with the seasons. ...

Chicks join creches soon after hatching, sometimes numbering over a hundred thousand individuals. The creches are marshalled by a few adult birds who lead them by foot to fresh water, a journey that can reach over 20 miles.

The clearest difference between this species and Greater Flamingo, the only other Old World species, is the much more extensive black on the bill. Size is less helpful unless the species are together, since the sexes of each species also differ in height. Binomial name Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 Synonyms Phoenicopterus antiquorum The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. ...

This species feeds primarily on Spirulina, a cyanobacteria which grows only in very alkaline lakes. Although blue-green in colour, the bacteria contains the phtotosynthetic pigments that gives the birds their pink colour. Their deep bill is specialised for filtering tiny food items. Species Spirulina is the common name for human and animal food supplements produced primarily from two species of cyanobacteria: Arthrospira platensis, and These and other Arthrospira species were once classified in the genus Spirulina. ... Orders The taxonomy of the Cyanobacteria is currently under revision. ... It has been suggested that Photosynthetic Pigments be merged into this article or section. ...

Lesser Flamingos are predated on by a variety of species including Marabou Storks, baboons, African Fish Eagles and jackals. Binomial name Leptoptilos crumeniferus (Lesson, 1831) The Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. ... Type species Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758 Species Papio hamadryas Papio papio Papio anubis Papio cynocephalus Papio ursinus The five baboon species are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the Mandrill and the Drill are larger. ... Binomial name Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800) An African Fish Eagle in the Okavango Delta The African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, is a large species of eagle and a bird of prey. ... Species Canis aureus Canis adustus Canis mesomelas A jackal is any of three (sometimes four) small to medium-sized members of the family Canidae, found in Africa, Asia and Southeastern Europe[1]. (The name jackal is borrowed from Turkish çakal which originates from Sanskrit srgālah [2]) Jackals fill a...

The population in the two key east African lakes, Nakuru and Bogoria, have been adversely affected in recent years by suspected heavy metal poisoning. Nakuru is northwest of Nairobi, at Lake Nakuru (click map to enlarge) Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenyas Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level. ... Lake Borgoria is north of Lake Baringo, Kenya, and is not a fresh water lake. ... A heavy metal is any of a number of higher atomic weight elements, which has the properties of a metallic substance at room temperature. ... For biological toxicity, see toxin and poison. ...

The Lesser Flamingo is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 486 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1379 × 1701 pixel, file size: 236 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Pictures from Disneys Animal Kingdom. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 512 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 1244 pixel, file size: 313 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Flamingo in flight. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 432 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1785 × 2479 pixel, file size: 970 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Painting of Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies on 21 December 1919 (Author long deceased) File links The following pages on the English...

References

• BirdLife International (2006). Phoenicopterus minor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...

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