Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor

Flamant nain

Lesser Flamingoadult — 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.

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adult
Flamenco enano
flamingo-pequeno
Zwergflamingo
Phoeniconaias minor
Phoenicopteriformes

The species

Classification

Order : Phoenicoptériformes
Family : Phoenicopteridae
Species : Lesser Flamingo

Geographic range by countries

specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : geth25455
Author : G. Theron
Plumage : adult

Shooting

date : 2006 Jun
Country : South Africa (sf)
Region : Orange Free State
Place : Welkom Aerodrome
Lat. : 28° 0' 0'' South
Lng. : 26° 38' 59'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]

Model : Canon EOS 20D
Exposure : 1/640 s

aperture : 8

Focal length : 400 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : no