Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) Courtship Dance. The lesser flamingo may be the most numerous species of flamingo, with a population that (at its peak) probably numbered up to two million individual birds.
Despite being the most numerous species of flamingo, it is classified as near threatened due to its declining population and the low number of breeding sites, some of which are threatened by human activities.
The population in the two key East African lakes, Nakuru and Bogoria, have been adversely affected in recent years by suspected heavy metal poisoning.
Its primary African breeding area in Lake Natron is currently under threat by a proposed soda ash plant by Tata Chemicals.
The only breeding site in South Africa, situated at Kamfers Dam, is threatened by pollution and encroaching development. More... indianbirds.thedynamicnature.com/2014/11/lesser-flamingo-phoenicopterus-minor.html
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoeniconaias
Species: P. minor
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Lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) Courtship Dance. The lesser flamingo may be the most numerous species of flamingo, with a population that (at its peak) probably numbered up to two million individual birds.
Despite being the most numerous species of flamingo, it is classified as near threatened due to its declining population and the low number of breeding sites, some of which are threatened by human activities.
The population in the two key East African lakes, Nakuru and Bogoria, have been adversely affected in recent years by suspected heavy metal poisoning.
Its primary African breeding area in Lake Natron is currently under threat by a proposed soda ash plant by Tata Chemicals.
The only breeding site in South Africa, situated at Kamfers Dam, is threatened by pollution and encroaching development. More... indianbirds.thedynamicnature.com/2014/11/lesser-flamingo-phoenicopterus-minor.html
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoeniconaias
Species: P. minor
#Birds #Flamingo #YouTubeBirds
