🦩Lesser Flamingo
The lesser flamingo 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.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1.5 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 41 years
Everything we know about the Lesser Flamingo
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.5 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 1.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.1 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.32 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.1 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.19 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan41 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Lesser Flamingo yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPhoenicopteriformes
- ›familyPhoenicopteridae
- ›genusPhoeniconaias
- ›speciesPhoeniconaias minor
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPhoenicopteriformes
- familyPhoenicopteridae
- speciesPhoeniconaias
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPhoenicopteriformes
- familyPhoenicopteridae
- speciesPhoeniconaias
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