Priorities for Future Research

While Greater Flamingo is a relatively well-studied species, there are still some important aspects that require further study.

• Accurate censuses of populations are needed. Rapid semi-automated counts using unmanned aerial vehicles can be used (352 Valle, R. G. (2022). Rapid drone semi-automated counts of wintering Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) as a tool for amateur researchers. Ibis 164:320–328. Close ).
• Detailed studies on microhabitat use are required.
• Age-related habitat use may be studied using individually marked birds.
• Long-term studies are needed on the effects of habitat modifications, as a result of the foraging activity of flamingos, on patch dynamics in wetlands.
• The costs and benefits of individual movements from fledgling dispersal until recruitment as breeders need to be studied. The re-sightings of thousands of flamingos individually marked can be used for this purpose.
• Age-related variations in the complexity of sexual displays should be studied at the individual level.
• There are very few studies of daily activity patterns in relation to habitat quality.
• The functional significance of the post-feeding chases of adults by chicks has not been studied.
• There are no data on the operational sex-ratio.