Lesser Flamingo
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'''Habitat:''' Africa and Asia; Found in Africa (Great Rift Valley) to Northwest India. Its preferred habitat is shallow, salty lagoons and lakes. | '''Habitat:''' Africa and Asia; Found in Africa (Great Rift Valley) to Northwest India. Its preferred habitat is shallow, salty lagoons and lakes. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' Near Threatened. Global population: Scientists have discovered that flamingos are dying by the thousands along the Great Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and Tanzania. However, they are baffled as to the reason. Possible causes include avian cholera, botulism, metal pollution, pesticides or poisonous bacteria, say researchers. Also, fears for the future of this species have been raised by plans to pipe water from one of their key breeding areas, the shores of Lake Natron. The lakes are crucial to the birds' breeding success because the flamingos feed off the blooms of cyanobacteria that thrive there. | + | '''Status:''' Near Threatened. '''Global population:''' Unknown. Scientists have discovered that flamingos are dying by the thousands along the Great Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and Tanzania. However, they are baffled as to the reason. Possible causes include avian cholera, botulism, metal pollution, pesticides or poisonous bacteria, say researchers. Also, fears for the future of this species have been raised by plans to pipe water from one of their key breeding areas, the shores of Lake Natron. The lakes are crucial to the birds' breeding success because the flamingos feed off the blooms of cyanobacteria that thrive there. |
'''Diet:''' Blue-green algae (Spirulina spp., Oscillatoria spp. and Lyngbya spp.) and diatoms (Navicula spp., Bacillariophyceae). To a lesser extent the species will also take small aquatic invertebrates such as rotifers (Brachiomus spp). | '''Diet:''' Blue-green algae (Spirulina spp., Oscillatoria spp. and Lyngbya spp.) and diatoms (Navicula spp., Bacillariophyceae). To a lesser extent the species will also take small aquatic invertebrates such as rotifers (Brachiomus spp). | ||
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