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 3

Percentage of time spent (mean ± SD) on different activities by nonbreeding lesser flamingos based on time of day.

Activity	Time of the day (hours)
	0600–0900	0900–1200	1200–1500	1500–1800	𝐻	𝑃
Feeding	68.33±7.21	74.56±4.2	54±3.2	76.5±4.5	51.12	0.000*
Moving	6.5±5.11	7.17±1.43	3.95±0.21	10.67±0.6	78.13	0.000*
Resting	8.83±2.3	2.1±0.3	20.55±1.4	3.83±0.2	42.11	0.000*
Preening	10.01±3.4	8.67±2.03	17.5±2.1	2.33±1.3	28.34	0.000*
Alerting	6.33±1.62	7.5±072	4±0.78	6.67±0.4	16.47	0.34

∗Differ significantly (Kruskal-Wallis test, 𝑃<0.05) between time blocks.