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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

285. Phoeniconaias minor

285. Phoeniconaias minor.

THE SMALLER FLAMINGO.

Male 33" to 36". Female 30". Legs deep red. Bill dark red, tip black.— In winter ; Pale rose.— In summer: Bright rose, with cherry-coloured plumes on scapulars. E. Africa, Madagascar, and N.W. India. (B. 1576. S.E. i. 35.)

Also the genus Phoenicoparrus. Hind toe wanting. Lamellae on upper mandible prominent and horizontal. Two species, from the Andes of Peru and Chili— P. andinus, 48", legs yellowish, hill pale yellow, tip black, quills and tertials black; and P. jamesi, 36", quills black, tertials rosy.

BookTitle: 
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference: 
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book: 
285. Phoeniconaias minor
Book Author: 
A Le Messurier
CatNo: 
285
Year: 
1904
Page No: 
251
Common name: 
Smaller Flamingo
M_ID: 
2033
M_CN: 
Lesser Flamingo
M_SN: 
Phoeniconaias minor
Volume: 
4th ed.
id: 
13134

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