Lesser Flamingo: Features, Conservation Status and Geographical Distribution

Context: Flamingos have arrived in large numbers at the Chhaya Pond in Porbandar town of Gujarat.

About Lesser Flamingo

• Scientific Name: Phoeniconaias minor
• Features: It is the smallest of all flamingos but has the largest population.
  • It possesses the “hallux” or hind toe that some other flamingos do not have.
  • Males are a little taller than females.
  • It is serially monogamous, meaning they form pairs that remain together while they are raising the young.

• Geographical distribution: Africa, Asia continents and in that especially Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, North Africa
  • They mostly eat blue-green algae but occasionally will take crustaceans and small insects.
• Conservation Status:
  • CMS (Convention on Migratory Species): Included in Appendix II.
  • Conservation Status (IUCN): Near Threatened (NT).

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