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Nearly 1,900 flamingo chicks hatched in Lake Tuz last year - official data

Nearly 2,000 flamingos bred and 1,877 flamingo chicks hatched in Lake Tuz last year, and 14,604 adult flamingos were recorded in the area in a single day, showed the official figures compiled on the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day, marked annually on May 14.

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Turkey's Lake Tuz and Gediz Delta in the country's west are among the best-known breeding areas for flamingos. The special environmental protection area in Lake Tuz, which hosts the largest natural breeding colony of flamingos in the world, is home to many bird species for a breeding, wintering, and stopover area.