アルゼンチン：鳥インフルエンザでフラミンゴが大量死

　フラミンゴは綺麗でかわいいですからね、ニュースのインパクトありますよねえ。

BBC Bird flu kills hundreds of flamingos in Argentina 27 Nov 2023 By Vanessa Buschschlüter

　220羽ほど死亡確認。ジェームズ・フラミンゴという通称の種類。ほかの種類には今のところ、影響はない…っぽい。

「An outbreak of bird flu has killed 220 flamingos in north-western Argentina, officials have confirmed.

The dead birds are of the James's flamingo species (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), which lives at high altitudes in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

The H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus currently spreading through South America can infect an entire flock within days.」

　とはいえ、去年頃からかな、鳥インフルエンザは大流行で、予断を許さぬところがある。

「In August, more than 50 sea lions died of bird flu on Argentina's Atlantic coast and earlier this year thousands of them were found dead in Chile and Peru.」

「The lagoons in the area are also home to two other species of flamingo, but so far only James's flamingos appear to have been infected.」

「The James's flamingo, also known as puna flamingo, is categorised as "near threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).」