Avibase: Phoeniconaias minor (Lesser Flamingo)

Lesser Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É 1798)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Rory Nefdt	2016-12-24	Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru (Kenya) (1800 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	398621 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Gregory Askew	2021-05-12	, Jizan (Saudi Arabia)	-	340113481 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Magnus Wadstein	2022-11-15	Lake Bogoria, Baringo (Kenya) (1000 m)	call - [sono]	772011 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Frank Lambert	2017-11-01	Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (950 m)	call - feeding flock bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	429496 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Dhruva Punde	2026-02-11	, Kachchh (India)	-	651341229 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-22	Bilen Lodge, Afar (Ethiopia) (800 m)	call - calls from a couple of birds foraging at the edge of a small, drying wetland. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	267539 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Frank Lambert	2017-10-31	Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (950 m)	call - feeding flock bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	429498 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-29	Abiata-Shalla National Park, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call - calls from several of a flock of hundreds foraging near the edge of a very large, shallow lake. Most of the loudest calls are in flight. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	267541 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Frank Lambert	2017-10-31	Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (950 m)	call - feeding flock bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	429499 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Sathyan Meppayur	2025-01-25	Patan (near Koddha), Gujarat, Kachchh (India) (30 m)	call - [sono]	1100560 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-29	Abiata-Shalla National Park, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call - calls from several of a flock of hundreds foraging near the edge of a very large, shallow lake. Most of the loudest calls are in flight. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	267540 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Peter Boesman	2016-11-07	Walvisbay area, Erongo (Namibia)	call - [sono]	346950 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Gregory Askew	2021-05-12	Alsohilah, Ahad Al Masarihah, Jazan, Jizan (Saudi Arabia) (0 m)	call - A flock of over 300 has been observed here the past few years. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	650494 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Roger McNeill	2023-11-04	, Gauteng (South Africa)	-	652244643 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	David Darrell-Lambert	2022-08-20	Alsohilah, Ahad Al Masarihah, Jazan Province, Jizan (Saudi Arabia) (0 m)	call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	746417 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Lynette Rudman	2016-05-26	Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (10 m)	call - Recorded this call at a large pan full of Lesser Flamingos in the late afternoon in autumn. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	318695 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Peter Boesman	2019-11-08	Arusha National Park, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - [sono]	510305 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Nick Talbot	2024-10-11	West Coast DC (near Langebaan), West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, Hopefield (South Africa) (10 m)	call, window latch, wind - A flock of birds in the shallow water in front of the hide.	951418 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Boyancé	2026-02-06	Arrondissement d'Arles (near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer), Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône (France) (0 m)	call, song - [sono]	1091961 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Simon Piqué	2024-02-11	, Bouches-du-Rhône (France)	-	615103030 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Myles E. W. North	1965-04-15	LAKE NAKURU; FLATS AT N END., Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)	-	2440 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Raju Kasambe	2020-12-15	T.S. Chanakya Wetlands, Nerul, Thane, Maharashtra, India, Thane (former) (India)	-	300808681 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Marian P. McChesney	1956-03-09	LAKE NAKURU, Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)	-	2436 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor	Nathan Pieplow	2018-12-31	, Saint-Louis (Senegal)	-	619114598 macaulaylibrary.org

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