ARUSHA, Aug. 11 -- TANZANIAN scientists have discovered that lesser flamingos from Lake Natron migrate across Tanzania and Kenya after fitting Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices on two birds to monitor their movements.

The findings have provided new information on the migration routes of the birds and the wetlands they use during seasonal movements across East Africa.

Speaking in Arusha, Eastern and Southern Africa Coordinator for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Special Survival Commission Flamingo Specialist Group, Dr Emmanuel Mgimwa, said the two tagged flamingos followed different routes after leaving Lake Natron.

“One travelled from Lake Natron into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, ent...