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Albania Albanian Birds August 20, 2003 The stamp set features White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia), Golden Eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos), Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo), and Western Capercaillie ( Tetrao urogallus).  |
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Guatemala Birds of Guatemala November 14, 2008 Orange-chinned Parakeet ( Brotogeris jugularis)  |
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Bulgaria Birds - Sparrows October 21, 2017 0.65L: Spanish Sparrow ( Passer hispaniolensis) 1.00L: Eurasian Tree Sparrow ( Passer montanus) 1.50L: House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus) 2.00L: Rock Sparrow ( Petronia petronia)  |
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Germany For the Youth - Songbirds August 8, 2013 58c+27c: European Goldfinch ( Carduelis carduelis) 90c+40c: Eurasian Bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 145c+55c: Eurasian Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus)  |
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Skua, designed and engraved by French artist Claude Andréotto (1949- ), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on January 1, 1993, Scott No. 187. - nethryk  |
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Today is Heinz Sielmann's birthday (1917-2006) - a good day to pay tribute to a naturalist who spent his whole life studying and photographing animals around the world. On this stamp, up in polar regions with snow geese. Sielmann's TV documentaries were extremely popular.  |
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On the 3rd of June 1844 the last Great Auks, Pinguinus impennis, were killed by exploiters of unusual species. These magnificent birds resembling penguins inhabited the shores of the entire North Atlantic. It took only a few decades for human beings to eradicate millions of them. Painting of what a small colony might have looked like. Cuba, 130 years later.   |
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Latvia BirdLife International February 8, 1997 10s: European Nightjar ( Caprimulgus europaeus) 20s: Greater Spotted Eagle ( Clanga clanga) 30s: Aquatic Warbler ( Acrocephalus paludicola)  |
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Poland Birds November 30, 1960 10g: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) 20g: Northern Raven ( Corvus corax) 30g: Great Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo) 40g: Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra) 50g: Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo) 60g: White-tailed Eagle ( Haliaeetus albicilla) 75g: Golden Eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos) 90g: Short-toed Snake Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus) 2.50z: Common Rock Thrush ( Monticola saxatilis) 4z: Common Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis) 5.60z: Wallcreeper ( Tichodroma muraria) 6.50z: European Roller ( Coracias garrulus)   |
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Here are images of the four airmail stamps in a set depicting paintings of birds by American ornithologist, naturalist, and artist John James Audubon (1785-1851), printed by lithography, and issued by Congo (People's Republic) on April 11, 1985 to commemorate Audubon's birth centenary, Scott Nos. C338-C341. - nethryk Finches ( Passeriformes, Fringillidae)  Scarlet ibis ( Eudocimus ruber)  Red-tailed hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis)  Labrador ducks ( Camptorhynchus labradorius)  |
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Moldova Birds of Moldova September 25, 2015 1.20L: Commom Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris) 1.75L: Eurasian Bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 4L: Eurasian Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) 5.75L: Bohemian Waxwing ( Bombycilla garrulus) minisheet: Eurasian Skylark ( Alauda arvensis)  |
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Argentina Birds of Argentina July 17, 1993 Great Egret ( Casmerodius albus) Red-headed Blackbird ( Amblyramphus holosericeus) Red-crested Cardinal ( Paroaria coronata) Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon)  |
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Australia Finches of Australia June 5, 2018 Gouldian Finch ( Erythrura gouldiae) Beautiful Firetail ( Stagonopleura bella) Black-throated Finch ( Poephila cincta)  |
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Kazakhstan Birds December 25, 2013 Sociable Lapwing ( Chettusia gregaria) Little Bustard ( Tetrax tetrax) Steppe Eagle ( Aquila nipatensis) Eurasian Curlew ( Numentus arquata) White-headed Duck ( Oxyura leucocephala) Black Lark ( Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)  |
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Republic of China (Taiwan) Birds of Taiwan August 20, 1990 NTD$2 Flamecrest ( Regulus goodfellowi) NTD$3 White-whiskered Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron morrisonianum) NTD$7.50 White-eared Sibia ( Heterophasia auricularis) NTD$16 Yellow Tit ( Machlolophus holsti)  |
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