Lesser flamingo
| Lesser flamingo | |
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| Adults and two juveniles at Jamnagar, India | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
| Genus: | Phoeniconaias |
| Species: | P. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É, 1798)
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| native range | |
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The lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. Birds are occasionally reported from farther north, but these are generally considered vagrants.