Regional Conservation Cooperation between Tanzania and Kenya for Flamingos

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• The global population of lesser flamingos is estimated at about 3.5 million birds, with the East African Rift Valley serving as a key breeding and feeding range.
• ARUSHA: TANZANIAN scientists have discovered that lesser flamingos from Lake Natron migrate across Tanzania and Kenya after fitting Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices on two birds to monitor their.
• Wildlife experts continue to monitor the movements of the two birds across Tanzania and Kenya, and the information collected is helping researchers understand how lesser flamingos move between breeding, feeding and.
• The findings are also expected to support regional conservation cooperation between Tanzania and Kenya because the birds regularly move across international borders in search of suitable feeding and breeding conditions.
• One travelled from Lake Natron into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, entered the crater and stayed at the crater lake before flying to the Engaruka escarpments in Monduli and later crossing into Kenya, where it was.