Flamingos

Connected Sites: 25

Definition
WHS where flamingos reside in the wild. The occurrence must be consistent (so 'always' or seasonally each year) and current.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.51
    615
    19
    more than 8,000 flamingos winter in the lagoon
    See www.projectexpedition.com
  • Serengeti
    Serengeti
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.41
    121
    5
    "They can mostly be found in the southern Serengeti plains, Ndutu area, northern Serengeti and the Serengeti Grumeti Area"
    See acaciacollections.com
  • Sanganeb
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.04
    5
    1
    "Several large and charismatic species were observed including the Goliath heron, spoonbills, flamingos" (2006, see link)
    See www.cbd.int
  • Lake Turkana Parks
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.64
    11
    1
    Flamingos here are found in a small circular crater lake known as lake flamingo.
    See www.explorerkenya.com
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    115
    9
    Galapagos is home to a small population of a few hundred (American) flamingos.
    See galapagosconservation.org.uk
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    "Wintering shorebirds ... include tens of thousands of flamingo (Phoencopterus rubber)" (AB ev)
  • Saloum Delta
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.86
    37
    4
    "Other notable bird species occurring in the DDS include Lesser and Greater Flamingo" (IUCN AB ev)
  • Peninsula Valdes
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.55
    58
    10
    Southern Flamingo (Phoenicopterus Chilensis) - "Salina Chica is the natural habitat of Artemia Salina, a crustacean that lays its eggs when the water begins to evaporate, waiting for new rains to flood the salt lakes. This crustacean gives a pink hue to the salt lakes and attracts flamingos that come to feed."
    See www.puertopiramides.gov.ar
  • Ichkeul National Park
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.10
    57
    6
    "The Ichkeul lake and wetland are a major stopover point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, such as ducks, geese, storks and pink flamingoes" (UNESCO description)
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.38
    60
    7
    "large aggregations of flamingos" (Brief synthesis OUV)
  • Ibiza
    Ibiza
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.77
    126
    5
    At Ses Salines (Formentera): "Between August and October hundreds of Flamingo arrive to spend the winter on the island."
    See www.birdingplaces.eu
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.89
    20
    4
    American Flamingo
    See avibase.bsc-eoc.org
  • Socotra Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.79
    21
    3
    "Greater flamingos Phoenicopterus rubber visit the lagoons of the north coast."
    See world-heritage-datasheets.unep-wcmc.org
  • Saryarka
    Saryarka
    Kazakhstan
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.14
    30
    4
    "Lake Tengiz is the world’s most northerly breeding site for greater flamingo, numbering up to 10,000 pairs" (AB ev)
  • Okavango Delta
    Inscribed: 2014
    4.15
    87
    4
    Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo
    See www.exoticbirding.com
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    128
    4
    "Ngorongoro Crater inhabits a considerable population of pink flamingos, with hundreds of thousands of flamingos found in the park"
    See www.tarangirenationalparks.com
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    233
    10
    There are flamingos in the Po Delta Regional Park.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Everglades
    Everglades
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.68
    261
    15
    Pink flamingos historically lived in the Everglades, but they were hunted to extinction. Since 2014, a small flock (believed to include wild members) sometimes visits in March/April.
    See www.auduboneverglades.org
  • Donana National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.83
    111
    7
    "In spring its lagoons become a feeding habitat for about 10,000 Phoenicopterus ruber (greater flamingo)."
    See birdwatching-spain.com
  • Djoudj
    Djoudj
    Senegal
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.92
    30
    4
    Comprised of lakes surrounded by streams, the property is a vital but fragile sanctuary for species such as .. pink flamingo (Brief Description OUV)
  • Cape Floral Region
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.40
    173
    6
    At De Hoop Nature Reserve: greater flamingo and lesser flamingo
    See ebird.org
  • Aldabra Atoll
    Aldabra Atoll
    Seychelles
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.21
    7
    13
    "one of the world's only two oceanic flamingo populations" (OUV Crit X)
  • Los Glaciares
    Los Glaciares
    Argentina
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.35
    117
    7
    "Chilean flamingos wade along the shore sifting small organisms from the water" (AB ev)
  • Kenya Lake System
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.18
    68
    3
    The Kenya Lake System is the single most important foraging site for the Lesser Flamingo in the world with about 1.5 million individuals moving from one lake to the other (OUV Crit X)
  • Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.98
    23
    4
    If they haven't all been eaten by now (see link), flamingos dwell in Shunafiyya, Chibaish and Hawizeh marshes
    See www.theguardian.com