Flamingos in the Massai land

The photo was taken at lake Natron, Tanzania. Early in the morning me and a Massai boy woke up, drove for half an hour and was just on time to see the sun rising and the pink flamingos having their breakfast in the lake.

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Yasena Popova

Bullet Ant

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/25336/pink_flamingos.html/zoom Posted 10 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

Welcome to JungleDragon, Yasena! This is an impressive photo to start with. You have discribed it well. The only things that are missing are the species ID and the geotag. The more information you enter the more ways there will be for people to find your photo. Do you know which species of flamingo these birds are, apparently both lesser and greater flamingos breed in this lake? Posted 10 years ago
1. Yasena Popova
  
  Bullet Ant
  
  Hi, WoldFLower. As I'm new in the site I couldn't edit everything but now I will. Thanks for the comment! Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Well done, thank. Posted 10 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Over half the world's flamingos (65-75%) are born in Lake Natron.This shallow salt lake provides the optimal habitat for flamingos and their chicks as the caustic environment keeps mammal predators at bay. Lake Natron is one of only five breeding sites for the Lesser flamingo.
Zooming in on the photo the bill appear to be dark which would make these Lesser flamingos, Greater flamingos have a pale bill. Of course I could be wrong but as the information pertaining to Lesser flamingos is very interesting I feel this should be listed for them. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
1. Yasena Popova
  
  Bullet Ant
  
  Thanks for the comment, CLaire. I believe this is exaclty Lesser flamingo Posted 10 years ago
2. travismorhardt
  
  Lion
  
  That is amazing information! Really interesting, thanks for sharing! :) Posted 10 years ago

The Lesser Flamingo

The Lesser Flamingo is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa with another population in India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants.

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Similar species: Flamingos

Species identified by Claire Hamilton