Birds Perched, Birds Flying, Birds Aground

British Guiana, one of a 1963 set of various designs, that has a perched Toucan. There is a 1954 set that has a different watermark.



(This image was also posted in the Waterfall on Stamps topic as Kaieteur Falls is in the left and right sides of the frame, above the denomination.)

B.G.

Belarus baby bird 2018

Ecuador - Cardinal and Gallo de la Roca

Sweden
Winter Birds
November 1, 2018
The booklet stamp set depicts Great Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Bullfinch (2), European Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European Robin, Mésange bleue, Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2).

This 90c stamp of private mail courier Fastway Post New Zealand Ltd. shows a kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) or night parrot. This large, flightless, nocturnal parrot is a critically endangered species which today survives only on several isolated islands.

From Wikipedia: "...as of February 2019, the total known adult population was 147 living individuals, all of which are named. Because of the introduction of predators such as cats, rats, ferrets, and stoats during European colonization, the kakapo was almost wiped out."

Marine Birds

Set of 5 Soviet stamps of 1972.
Michel #3974-78 / Yvert #3802-06

Indonesia
Indonesia Waterbirds
July 15, 2014
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
Javan Plover (Charadrius javanicus)
Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii)
White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)

This September 5, 2000 computer-vended stamp of Portugal pictures the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). This is the largest species of flamingo. In addition to southern Europe, this bird inhabits Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East. It is very closely related to the two new world flamingo species.


This stamp is Portugal's last Kluessendorf (German) formatted, computer-vended stamp, and the last of such with water soluble gum.

One of the stamps in Ireland's 2013 set of nine computer-vended, "Irish Animals and Marine Life" 4th series depicts a black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). This member of the gull family is found in the northern hemisphere in both the Atlantic and Pacific regions, but is most commonly found in the North American and European coastal areas.

From Wikipedia. "In North America, this species is known as the black-legged kittiwake, to differentiate it from the red-legged kittiwake, but in Europe, where it is the only member of the genus, it is often known just as kittiwake".

Razorbills a.k.a. lesser auks (Alca torba) are the subject of this 1983 Finnish definitive. It is Facit #922.

On June 4, 1993 Finland issued a vending machine booklet to promote the upcoming Finlandia 95 Stamp Show. The booklet features three different native birds, as well as nicely illustrated cover, selvedge, and label. The birds are: .10 boreal owl, or Tegmahm's owl (Aegolius funereus), .20 common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and 2.30 white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos). They are Facit #s 1214-6. One million of the booklets were printed.

This New Zealand domestic rate stamp of private courier Croxley Mail shows a kea head in profile.

From Wikipedia, "The kea (Nestor notabilis) is a species of large parrot found in the forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand...The kea is the world's only alpine parrot."

In 2012, the Faroe Islands issued a set of 4 computer-vended stamps on the theme of native, fanciful animals. One of these depicts an Atlantic puffin dressed in high heels and a feather boa and wearing designer sunglasses.

From Flickr (Saga Kapna), "Margarinfabrikkin - Torshavn Youth Centre was commissioned to design postage stamps for 2012 with the theme 'street art'. The result was these four drawings by two young girls, Saga Kapana and Laura Edit Torhalsdottir, who together call themselves 'Nadita'."

These domestic rate stamps of private courier Fastway Poat of NZ Ltd. depict native birds. They are: silvereye or waxeye (Zosterops laterals, South Island robin or toutouwai (Petroica australis australis), fernbird or New Zealand fernbird (Poodytes punctatus), and sacred kingfisher or New Zealand kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus).

The Kakariki or New Zealand parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) is shown on this stamp of private courier Fastway Post New Zealand, Ltd.

From Wikipedia, " (they) have become endangered a result of habitat destruction following human settlement and nest predation by introduced mammals. Scarce on the mainland, Kakariki have survived well on outlying islands.