Photographic record of Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) in Ramganga river, Bareilly, India

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Pichaimuthu Gangaiamaran
Aftab A. Usmani
G.V. Gopi
S.A. Hussain
Khursid A. Khan

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Photographic record of Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor in Ramganga river, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. This is the first photographic record and northern most distribution of Lesser Flamingo from India. 

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