Current Population Status and Activity Pattern of Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) and Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park (ASLNP), Ethiopia

Table 1

Number of Lesser and Greater Flamingos on lakes censused from 2011 to 2013.

Site	Species with season
	2011-2012				2012-2013				Mean ± SE
	Wet		Dry		Wet		Dry
	L	G	L	G	L	G	L	G	L	G
Abijata Lake
Bulbulla and Hora Kelo rivers inlet	9200	278	29700	847	15535	534	22173	464	19152±19.6	530.75±11.7
Gogesa River	345	11	2956	245	482	18	1115	92	1224.5±9.5	91.5±4.2
Savanna	652	—	3516	—	1130	—	2448	—	1936.5±12.6	—
Haroresa mountain	71	—	441	—	168	—	186	—	216.5±8.2	—
Fresh artificial pond of soda ash factory	634	—	2325	—	413	—	1678	14	1262.5±14.2	3.5±0.3
Total	10902	289	38938	1092	17728	552	27600	570	𝟐𝟑𝟕𝟗𝟐±𝟏𝟓	𝟔𝟐𝟓.𝟕𝟓±𝟏𝟏
Lake Shalla	16300	1008	7200	906	19058	3819	6267	548	12206.25±4.3	1570.25±9.3
Lake Chitu	17812	189	13153	313	18513	493	11312	123	15197.5±9.6	279.5±5.1
Total	45014	1486	59291	2311	55299	4864	45179	1241	51195.75±13.4	2475.5±7

L: Lesser Flamingo; G: Greater Flamingo.