Lesser flamingos taking off. Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) are found mainly in the area surrounding the Great Rift Valley in Africa. They fe

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Lesser flamingos taking off. Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) are found mainly in the area surrounding the Great Rift Valley in Africa. They feed primarily on Spirulina cyanobacteria (blue- green algae), which contain pigments that give them their natural pink colour. Photographed in Kenya, in September.

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