Lesser Flamingo - Phoenicopterus minor
Flamant nain
Comment : 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.
Gallery : © Gerhard Theron
Site web : Nature Photography
Order : Phoenicoptériformes
Family : Phoenicopteridae
Species : Lesser Flamingo
Age : Immature
Plumage : First year year
Reference: geth25456
Other pictures
date : juin 2006
Geographic data
Country : South Africa (sf)
Region : Free State
Place : Welkom Aerodrome
Latitude : 28° 0' 0'' South
Longitude : 26° 38' 59'' East
Exif data
Model : Canon EOS 20D
Exposure : 1/800 s
Aperture : 6.3
Focal : 400 mm
Iso : 100
Flash : no
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