bird · Phoenicopteriformes · Phoenicopteridae

Lesser Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) . Occurrence records of the Lesser Flamingo are shared on GBIF from around 13 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (2 196 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Near threatenedPhoenicopteridae

13reserves with records

6 639records around them

3provinces

NTIUCN category

Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) — Photo: Charles J Sharp · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 196
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 075
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 026
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	654
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	449
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	425
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	233
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	221
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	201
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	77
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	71
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	9
Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2

By province

Western Cape: 10 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
Scientific name: Phoeniconaias minor
GBIF taxon: 2481104
Wikidata: Q242369

More of the Phoenicopteridae family

Greater Flamingo American Flamingo

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.