Birds Perched, Birds Flying, Birds Aground

Birds, issued by Niger on November 18, 1967:

Little Masked Weaver (Ploceus luteolus):

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus):

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), designed and engraved by Pierre Forget and issued by France on October 16, 1978:

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), designed and engraved by Robert Cami and issued by France on February 15, 1975:

Two FDC's from Algeria with bird stamps, issued in 1976 and 1977:

Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegala cucullata)
Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus ultramarinus)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

Tristram's Warbler (Sylvia deserticola)
Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)
Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rusticola) flying over Paris, airmail stamp, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon and issued by France on June 13, 1949 to publicize the telegraph and telephone congress held in Paris:

Birds, issued by Jersey on November 8, 1979 to publicize the "Jersey wildlife preservation trust", a conservation organization with a mission to save species from extinction.

- Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
- Waldrapp Ibis (Geronticus eremita)

Here is the rare State Bird of Hawaii "Nene" Goose.

In 2019, the nene population was estimated at 3,252 and the species was Federally down-listed from endangered to threatened. While this did remove some of the protections guaranteed by the Endangered Species Act, conservation efforts continue throughout Hawai'i and Kaua'i.Dec 2, 2022.


I believe the signature by Ola Gurney is the artist of this stamp. (Deceased?).



The images of the following EXTINCT birds are remarkable and beautiful.
Unfortunately, "survival of the fittest".

I thought I posted in this thread all bird stamps issued by Israel but just noticed I forgot this set of stamps shows birds of the Jordan Valley, issued by Israel on August 27, 2002:

- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
- Common Crane (Grus grus)

Birds of Prey, designed by Patrick Suiro, engraved by Georges Bétemps and issued by France on September 29, 1984:

- Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
- Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Birds, a set of 15 stamps with 5 different designs, issued by Guinea on December 22, 1962:

- Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
- Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)

European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) over Paris, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon and issued by France on May 7, 1947 to publicize the 12th UPU Congress held in Paris:

Birds of Canada, issued by Canada on July 12, 2016:

- Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
- Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)





Issued as SS:

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) over Neusiedler Lake, designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Rudolf Toth and issued by Austria on August 13, 1984:

Tropical Asiatic birds, issued by Ajman on April 27, 1971. Here is the first part of the set:

- Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata) - Burma
- Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) - Indochina
- Red-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus) - Borneo
- Grandala (Grandala coelicolor) - Tibet
- Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) - China
- Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) - New Guinea
- Moustached Treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea) - Borneo








Edit: I made a search and found that the stamps illustrations are taken from the old book "The Birds of Asia" by John Gould, London, 1850-1883

- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) - Mongolia
- Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa) - Laos
- Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea) - Malaysia
- Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) - India
- Brown Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) - China
- Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) - Nepal
- Scale-feathered Malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) - Philippines