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Greater Flamingo

සියක්කාරයා பெரிய பூநாரை

Phoenicopterus roseus

Least concern

Greater Flamingo
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

Pink-winged waders that arrive in flocks in the north-east monsoon season, filtering food from the salt pans of Bundala and the lagoons of Mannar.

Migrant months

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

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