Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Two Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) one feeding the other running, Lake Nakuru NP, Rift Valley, Kenya

Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingos (Phoeiconaias minor) feeding in still lake, Lake Nakuru, Rift valley, Kenya, Africa

Pete Oxford / James's flamingos (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) Laguna Colorada, Bolivia

Owen Newman / Soda crust on Lake Natron, Tanzania, coloured red by alkali cyanobacteria, breeding site of endangered Lesser Flamingo

Owen Newman / Old nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania. Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from i...

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Salt lakes in desert, Simpson Desert, Northern Territory, Australia

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Salt lakes and sand dunes in desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Queensland, Central Australia

Andy Rouse / Aerial view of patterns on soda lake. Lake Magadi, Kenya, February 2013.

Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) hunting Lesser flamingoes (Phoenicopterus minor) Lake Nakuru, Kenya

John Downer / Aerial view of soda evaporation beds, Lake Magadi, Kenya

Owen Newman / Young Lesser flamingoes {Phoeniconaias minor} drinking freshwater on the shores of Lake Natron, Tanzania. Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is...

Owen Newman / Nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania - Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from indu...