![]() Lesser flamingos are prey to a variety of species, including marabou stork, baboon, African fish eagle, African wildcat, and African golden wolfįlamingos do not migrate and they live in big colonies with sometimes more than 1 million birds. Their deep bill is specialised for filtering tiny food items. Although blue-green in colour, the algae contain the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their pink colour. Presence of flamingo groups near water bodies is indication of sodic alkaline water which is not suitable for irrigation use. This species feeds primarily on Spirulina, algae which grow only in very alkaline lakes. 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. Size is less helpful unless the species are together, since the sexes of each species also differ in height. The clearest difference between this species and the greater flamingo, the only other Old World species of flamingo, is the much more extensive black on the bill. The total length (from beak to tail) and wingspan are in the same range of measurements, from 90 to 105 cm (35 to 41 in). The standing height is around 80 to 90 cm (31 to 35 in). The species can weigh from 1.2 to 2.7 kg (2.6 to 6.0 lb). The lesser flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo, though it is a tall and large bird by most standards. The feathers of juvenile are brown and they have a dark grey beak. Their eyes are orange to yellow, surrounded by a ring of maroon. They posses the "hallux" or hind toe that some other flamingos do not have. The wings are narrow and the primary and secondary flight feathers are black, and their wing coverts are red. They have a bill of deep red, tipped with black. ![]() The Lesser flamingo is the smallest of all flamingos native to Africa and are have the largest number of population among the Flamingo species.
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