Editing Lesser flamingo (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Phoeniconaias minor'' |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |page=e.T22697369A129912906 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697369A129912906.en |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2 
| status2_system = CITES 
| status2_ref = <ref name=iucn/>
| image = Flock of Lesser Flamingo along with juvenile near Jamnagar railway stationDSCN1798 1.jpg
| image_caption = Adults and two juveniles at [[Jamnagar]], India
| genus = Phoeniconaias
| species = minor
| range_map = Phoeniconaias_minor_distr_map.png
| authority = ([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É]], 1798)
| synonyms = {{Species list
|''Phoenicopterus minor'' | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Geoffroy|first1=C.|title=Sur une nouvelle espèce de Phœnicoptère ou Flammant |date=1798 |journal=Bulletin des sciences par la Société philomathique|volume=1|issue=15|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5492326}}</ref>
|''Phoeniconaias minor'' | [[Gray|George Robert Gray]], 1869<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gray|first1=G.R. |title=Notes on the bills of the species of Flamingo (''Phœnicopterus'') |journal=Ibis |date=1869 |series=New Series |volume=5 |issue=20 |pages=438–443 |doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1869.tb06897.x |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8619470}}</ref>}}
}}

The '''lesser flamingo''' ('''''Phoeniconaias minor''''') is a [[species]] of [[flamingo]] occurring in [[sub-Saharan]] [[Africa]] and western [[India]].<ref name=Manakadan2020>{{Cite journal |last1=Manakadan|first1=R. |last2=Khan|first2=A. N. |name-list-style=amp |date=2020|title=Birds of the Indian Subcontinent – In a Nutshell |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341930830 |journal=Buceros |volume=24 |issue=Special Issue 2 & 3|pages=1–79}}</ref> Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered [[Vagrancy (biology)|vagrants]].