Lesser Flamingos Lose 1 Of Only 4 Breeding Sites To Sewage In South Africa

Lesser flamingos lose Kimberley breeding sites to sewage

Kamfers Dam was one of near-threatened bird's four African breeding sites

Lesser flamingos lose one of only four African breeding sites to raw sewage

Tens of thousands of flamingos used to breed at Kamfers Dam near Kimberley, now there are none

Red alert for South Africa’s birds: 147 bird species threatened in South Africa, Lesotho & Eswatin – The Mail & Guardian

There are 147 bird species categorised as threatened or near-threatened in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, according to the revised Red Data Book of Birds (RDB-online) launched by BirdLife. The figure is up from 132 species from the previous data book of birds of the region published in 2015. Most notably, 39 species were uplisted, indicating a worsening in their conservation status, while only eight species have been downlisted, reflecting …

Lesser Flamingos Lose 1 Of Only 4 Breeding Sites To Sewage In South Africa

Lesser flamingos are currently considered near-threatened, rather than endangered, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Lesser flamingos lose one of their only four African breeding sites to sewage

Years of raw sewage spilling into Kamfers Dam made the area too toxic for the birds: Conservationists Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sewage pollution forces lesser flamingos to abandon dam

Lesser flamingos have deserted one of their last African breeding sites after years of sewage spills turned South Africa’s Kamfers Dam toxic, conservationists say. Kamfers Dam, near the city of Kimberley, had been the only breeding site for lesser flamingos in South Africa, hosting tens of thousands of the pink birds until about five years ago. The dam was one of four African breeding sites, including two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia and a …