Its role is to actively promote flamingo research, conservation and education worldwide by encouraging information exchange and cooperation among these specialists, and with other relevant organisations, particularly the IUCN-SSC, Wetlands International, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and BirdLife International. The group is coordinated from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK, as part of the IUCN-SSC/Wetlands International Waterbird Network. Keywords: Lesser Flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, numbers, distribution, habitat use, Thane Creek, Mumbai, India, food abundance.