What is "lesser flamingo"

n. The smaller of the two Old World species of flamingo, (taxlink Phoenicopterus minor species noshow=1), found principally in the Great Rift Valley of Africa.

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.