The
lesser flamingo (
Phoeniconaias minor) is a
species of
flamingo occurring in
sub-Saharan Africa with another population in
India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered
vagrants. Until 2014, it was classified in genus
Phoenicopterus but is now classified the only species in the genus
Phoeniconaias, the only
monotypic genus of flamingo.