Lesser Flamingo, (Phoenicopterus minor), Birds, Photo

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Code Number:: ABIV01P09_06
Title:: Lesser Flamingo, (Phoenicopterus minor), Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopterus; Range: Africa - principally in the East African Rift zone, southern Asia
Diet: Spirulina, algae, shrimp, these birds get their pink coloration from the algae that contain the photosynthetic pigments.
Size: 3 feet long, 0.99 meters (3 feet 3 inches) wingspan
Weight: 2.0 kilograms (4.5 pounds)
Closely related to: Caribbean Flamingo, Greater Flamingo
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicopterus
Species: Phoenicopterus minor
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798
Keywords:: Phoenicopteriformes, Birds, Fauna, Aves, Vertebrate, Chordates, Chordata, Ornithology, Vertebrata, Animilia, Animals
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: ABIV01P09_06
Title:: Lesser Flamingo, (Phoenicopterus minor), Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopterus; Range: Africa - principally in the East African Rift zone, southern Asia
Diet: Spirulina, algae, shrimp, these birds get their pink coloration from the algae that contain the photosynthetic pigments.
Size: 3 feet long, 0.99 meters (3 feet 3 inches) wingspan
Weight: 2.0 kilograms (4.5 pounds)
Closely related to: Caribbean Flamingo, Greater Flamingo
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genus: Phoenicopterus
Species: Phoenicopterus minor
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798
Keywords:: Phoenicopteriformes, Birds, Fauna, Aves, Vertebrate, Chordates, Chordata, Ornithology, Vertebrata, Animilia, Animals
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
: Caption Disclaimer

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