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Flamingo flies from Mumbai to Little Rann in 25 hours

This is the fourth flamingo radio-tagged by BNHS as part of a study to reach the bordering state

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The route taken by the juvenile greater flamingo named Lester. Pic/BNHS

The route taken by the juvenile greater flamingo named Lester. Pic/BNHS

A juvenile greater flamingo covered 500 km from Mumbai to Little Rann of Kutch in 25 hours, as per a study conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society. So far, four radio-tagged flamingos have reached Gujarat from Mumbai. 

BNHS on July 29 tweeted, “Our fourth radio-tagged flamingo reaches Gujarat—Lester, a juvenile greater flamingo, named after famed naturalist Capt C D Lester, has reached Little Rann. The bird covered the 500 km distance from Mumbai in 25 hours.”

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