Lesser FlamingoIn NewsAfter a six-year absence, the lesser flamingos have finally found their way back to Pulicat Lake.
About Lesser Flamingo is the
smallest of all flamingos but has the largest population.
It possesses the “
hallux” or hind toe that some other flamingos do not have.
Males are a little taller than females.
It inhabits
coastal and inland wetlands. Africa, Asia continents and in that especially
Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, North Africa
They mostly eat blue-green algae but occasionally will take crustaceans and small insects.
It is
serially monogamous, meaning they form pairs that remain together while they are raising the young.
Conservation status. IUCN: Near Threatened Pulicat Lake is the
second-largest brackish water lake in the country.
It lies at the border of the states of
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
(Majorly lies in Andhra Pradesh)
