Flamingo in Kruger

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-O- :-?



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1 Greater Flamingo stationary
'Flamingo could be a juvenile lesser flamingo'
H4-1, Sunset Dam
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It is a juvenile lesser flamingo because of the all dark bill.

It is pink when breeding or eating a special kind of of seafood.


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Richprins wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:06 am Not sure which kind it is...it was small!
I have just seen this on other specialist birding platforms.
Has been identified as a Lesser Flamingo.


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:ty: Dzombs!


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Sorry, when I say Juvenile I mean lesser 0*\ :o0ps: :yes:


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Some links:

Lesser flamingo in Kruger:

http://www.thekruger.com/knpbirds/phoen ... sminor.htm


Greater flamingo:


http://www.thekruger.com/knpbirds/phoen ... sruber.htm


An image from Olifants river:
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Yes we had the privilege to see a flamingo in Kruger National Park close in the Olifants River close to Olifants Camp. Was a late Christmas present for us for sure.


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1 Greater Flamingo stationary
Sunset Dam, just W of Lower Sabie on the H4-1
3/5
Near Lower Sabie
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Always single animals, so probably lost their way -O-


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This one seems there to stay now! :-0


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Possibly :yes:


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