tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922339722034623352024-03-05T15:30:01.903+07:00Birdlife International StampsThe Stamp Collections depicted bird which issued under the collaboration of the Bird Life International organization with the local post authoritiesBirdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-68859857954677007882013-08-10T15:19:00.001+07:002013-08-10T15:19:18.090+07:00Birdlife International Stamp’s Belarus 2013<p> </p> <p><img title="" alt="" src="http://www.belpost.by/i/photo/marka/pics/stamps/2013/07-2013-03-01-m.jpg" width="300" height="217"><img src="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/files/2011/11/hoopoe_crest.jpg" width="306" height="218"> <p align="justify"><font size="4">The <b>Hoopoe</b> (<i><strong>Upupa epops</strong></i>) is highly distinctive, with a long, thin tapering bill that is black with a fawn base.The Hoopoe is a medium sized bird, a colorful bird, 25–32 cm long, with a 44–48 cm wingspan weighing 46–89 g. This species is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family <b>Upupidae</b>.</font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4"><font size="4"><img style="display: inline; float: right" title="" alt="" align="right" src="http://www.belpost.by/i/photo/marka/pics/postmarks/2013/07-2013-03-01-shtemp.jpg" width="161" height="161"></font>On March 12, 2013 the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Belarus issued the stamp “Hoopoe” from the series “Bird of the year”. The public organization “Ahova ptushak Batskaushchyny” (Protection of Homeland Birds) declared the hoopoe the bird of the year 2013 in Belarus.</font> <font size="4">Alongside of the stamp issuance, First Day Cover and Maximum Card have issued on the same date.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4">There are logos of the International organization for the protection of birds <strong>"BirdLife International"</strong> and the Belarus public organization "Ahova ptushak Batskaushchyny" (APB) on the stamp.</font> </p> <a name='more'></a> <p align="justify"><img style="display: inline; float: left" title="" alt="" align="left" src="http://www.belpost.by/i/photo/marka/pics/cards/2013/07-2013-03-01-card.jpg" width="265" height="374"></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4">The <strong>Hoopoe</strong> has a characteristic undulating flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly, caused by the wings half closing at the end of each beat or short sequence of beats.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4">The <strong>Hoopoe</strong> is widespread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Most European and north Asian birds migrate to the tropics in winter.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </p> <p> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4">The diet of the <strong>Hoopoe</strong> is mostly composed of insects, although small reptiles, frogs and plant matter such as seeds and berries are sometimes taken as well. It is a solitary forager which typically feeds on the ground.The diet of the <strong>Hoopoe</strong> includes many species considered to be pests by humans. For this reason the species is afforded protection under the law in many countries.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4">The <strong>Hoopoe</strong> is monogamous, although the pair bond apparently only lasts for a single season. They are also territorial, with the male calling frequently to advertise his ownership of the territory. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4"></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4">The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion . For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.</font></p> Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-7358735486590675952013-03-19T07:31:00.001+07:002013-03-19T08:09:02.412+07:00Bird Life Festival 2004, Solomon Part 2<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Following the previous issue in this blog, </span><a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/world-bird-festival-2004-kingfisher.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">World Bird festival 2004 (Kingfisher) – Solomon Islands Part II</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> , detail of the depicted bird species on each stamps comprises of the <b>Beach Kingfisher</b> (<i><b>Todiramphus saurophaga</b></i>), the <b>Collared Kingfisher</b> (<i>Todiramphus chloris</i>), the <b>Ultramarine Kingfisher</b> (<i>Todiramphus leucopygius</i>), the <b>Moustached Kingfisher</b> (<i>Actenoides bougainvillei</i>), the <b>Little Kingfisher</b> (Alcedo pusilla), and the <b>Variable Dwarf Kingfisher</b> (<i>Ceyx lepidus</i>), described in the next paragraphs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Beach Kingfisher</b> (Todiramphus saurophaga) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family and </span><span style="font-size: medium;">found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Collared Kingfisher</b> (<i>Todiramphus chloris</i>) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, known as the tree kingfishers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Collared Kingfisher is a very variable species with about 50 subspecies. It has 22 to 29 cm long and weighs 51 to 90 grams. It varies from blue to green above while the underparts can be white or buff. There is a white collar around the neck, giving the birds its name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It is most commonly found in coastal areas, particularly in mangrove swamps. It also inhabits farmland, open woodland, grassland and gardens. Birds often perch conspicuously on wires, rocks or bare branches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">On the Pacific islands it is usually common in a variety of coastal and inland habitats with various subspecies present on the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, American Samoa, Palau and the Northern Marianas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Ultramarine Kingfisher</b> (<i>Todiramphus leucopygius</i>) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family and found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Moustached Kingfisher</b> (<i>Actenoides bougainvillei</i>) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family which has two subspecies: <i><b>bougainvillei</b></i> on Bougainville, <b>Papua New Guinea</b>, and <i><b>excelsa</b></i> on Guadalcanal, <b>Solomon Islands</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This spectacular species is judged to be Vulnerable on the basis of a very small estimated population which is suspected to be declining, at least in part of its range. It is threatened by habitat loss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Little Kingfisher</b> (Alcedo pusilla) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family and found in open forest, woodland, swamps and mangroves in Australia (northern Queensland and north Northern Territory), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Little Kingfisher</b> is 11–13 centimetres long with a rich blue back and head and a snowy white breast. It has a heavy bill and has a short tail. Its size is about 11-12 cm and its wingspan is 20-66 cm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Variable Kingfisher</b> (<i>Ceyx lepidus</i>), is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family that is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. </span></div>
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<br />Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-8634636293115531992013-03-18T08:28:00.001+07:002013-03-19T07:56:12.844+07:00Bird Life Festival 2004 , Solomon Part 1<br><br> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">Following the previous issue : </font></span><a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/world-bird-festival-2004-purple.html"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">World Bird Festival 2004 (Purple Swamphen etc) – Solomon Islands Part I</font></span></a><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">, in this blog, detail of each stamps which depicting species of The <b><b>Rufous-tailed Waterhen</b> </b>(<i>Amaurornis moluccana</i>), <b>The Buff-banded Rail</b> (<b>Gallirallus phillapensis</b>), <b>The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), <b>Woodford's Rail</b> (<i>Nesoclopeus woodfordi</i>), The <b>Roviana Rail</b> (<i>Gallirallus rovianae</i>), </b>The <b>Makira Woodhen</b> (<i>Gallinula silvestris</i>) describ<span style="font-size: medium">ed in the next paragraph.</span></font></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-size: medium"> </span></span></div> <p align="justify"><br><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/solomon/i/sol200401l.jpg" width="320" height="260"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">The <b><b>Rufous-tailed Waterhen</b> </b>(<i>Amaurornis moluccana</i>), is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.</font></span></p> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">The population trend is not known, but the population is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly, therefore the species is evaluated as Least Concern.</font></span></div> <div align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.</font></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <a name='more'></a> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"></span> </div> <p align="justify"><font size="4"><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/solomon/i/sol200402l.jpg" width="320" height="262"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><b>The Buff-banded Rail</b> (Gallirallus phillapensis) is a medium-sized stout rail with short legs.This rail walks slowly, with tail raised and flicking constantly</font></span></font></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><strong>The Buff-banded Rail </strong>has<strong> </strong>a distinctive grey eyebrow and an orange-brown band on its streaked breast.</font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">The lores, cheek and hindneck are rich chestnut. The chin and throat are grey, the upperparts streaked brown and the underparts barred black and white. The eye is red.</font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"></span><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><b>The Buff-banded Rail</b> is widespread in mainland Australia, particularly along the eastern coast and islands, and on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. It is also found in south-east Asia, New Guinea and New Zealand. </font></span></p> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><b>The Buff-banded Rail</b> is seen singly or in pairs in dense reeds and vegetation bordering many types of wetlands or crops. It makes widespread use of artificial wetlands like sewage ponds and drainage channels.</font></span></div> <div align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </div> <div align="justify"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: medium"> </span> </font></div> <div><font size="4"> </font></div> <p align="justify"><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/solomon/i/sol200403l.jpg" width="320" height="262"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><b>The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)</b> is a large rail. It is mainly dusky black above, with a broad dark blue collar, and dark blue to purple below.</font> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">As the <b>Purple Swamphen</b> walks, it flicks its tail up and down, revealing its white undertail.</font> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">The bill is red and robust, and the legs and feet orange-red. For such a bulky bird, the <b>Swamphen</b> is an accomplished flier and will readily take to the air to escape danger. </font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">In flight, the long legs and elongated toes trail behind or hang underneath the body. <b>Purple Swamphens</b> are proficient swimmers, but prefer to wander on the edges of the water, among reeds and on floating vegetation.</font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><b>The Purple Swamphen</b> is found around freshwater swamps, streams and marshes.The diet of <b>the Purple Swamphen</b> includes the soft shoots of reeds and rushes and small animals, such as frogs and snails. </font></span></p> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <p align="justify"><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/solomon/i/sol200404l.jpg" width="320" height="262"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"><b>Woodford's Rail</b> (<i>Nesoclopeus woodfordi</i>) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family and found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. </font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"></font></span> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and rural gardens.</font></span></p> <div align="justify"><font size="4"></font> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">It is currently threatened by habitat loss and is the only surviving species of the genus <i>Nesoclopeus</i>. This species is classified as Near Threatened because it has a moderately small population in a small range, and it is thought to be undergoing a decline owing to habitat degradation and predation. </font></span></div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4"></font></span> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">As a flightless species, it may be susceptible to predation by cats and dogs, exacerbated by incidental capture by hunting dogs and in traps, but it appears to survive, at least locally, close to villages and predators.</font></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <p align="justify"><br><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/solomon/i/sol200405l.jpg" width="320" height="262"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">The <b>Roviana Rail</b> (<i>Gallirallus rovianae</i>) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is endemic to Solomon Islands.</font></span></p> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations .estimated that fewer than 10,000 individuals survive, so it is placed in the band 2,500-9,999 individuals here. It inhabits forest, especially secondary growth, young plantations, rank grassland, abandoned gardens and other edge habitats.</font></span></div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"> </span> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <p align="justify"><br><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.birdtheme.org/showimages/solomon/i/sol200406l.jpg" width="320" height="262"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">The <b>Makira Woodhen</b> (<i>Gallinula silvestris</i>), is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is endemic to Solomon Islands. </font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: medium"><font size="4">Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.</font></span></p> Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-51255005117728864652012-10-17T08:10:00.001+07:002013-01-06T13:04:07.626+07:00Black swift – Belarus’s Bird of the Year 2012<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On March 22, 2012 the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Belarus issued the stamp set features <b>Black swift</b> from the regularly series “Bird of the year”. This issued stamp has marked logo of <b>Birdlife International</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Black Swift</b> or The <b>Common Swift</b> (<i><b>Apus apus</b></i>) is a medium-sized bird, larger than <i>Barn Swallow</i> or <i>House Martin</i> but this species completely unrelated to those passerine species. The <b>Black Swift</b> nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Black Swifts</b> are 16–17 cm long with a wingspan of 38–40 cm and entirely blackish-brown except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance. They have a short forked tail and very long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.These birds have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces . They never settle voluntarily on the ground, where they would be vulnerable to accidents and predation. <b>Black swifts</b> are migratory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first day cover shown <b>Black swift</b> in flight and has special post marked. The comparison photo of this species has taken from Wikipedia.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The call is a loud scream in two different tone pitches, of which the higher one is from the female and the lower one from the male. <b>Black swift</b> often form 'screaming parties' during summer evenings where about 10-20 Swifts will gather and fly around their nesting area, all calling out to each other, and being answered by other Swifts within the nests.</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Resources: Wikipedia)</span></div>
Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-90556800812086639382012-08-29T06:52:00.000+07:002012-08-29T06:52:00.539+07:00Birdlife of Solomon Islands 2005 (Part 3)-Parrots (Continuation)<div align="center">
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T<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">o continue the previous edition in the title <a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/birds-of-solomon-islands-2005-pt3.html" target="_blank">“Birds of Solomon Islands 2005 (Part 3)- Parrots”</a>, detail of the depicted parrot species such as: <strong>Finsch’s pygmy parrot (<i>Micropsitta finschii</i>), <b>Cardinal Lory</b> (<i><strong>Chalcopsitta cardinalis</strong></i>), <b>Solomons Cockatoo</b> (<i>Cacatua ducorpsii</i>), </strong><b>Eclectus Parrot</b> (<i><strong>Eclectus roratus</strong></i>), <b>Rainbow Lorikeet</b>, (<i><strong>Trichoglossus haematodus</strong></i>), <strong>Song Parrot (<i>Geoffroyus heteroclitus</i>)</strong> have described in the following paragraphs.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Finsch’s pygmy parrot (<i>Micropsitta finschii</i>),</strong> also known as the <strong>green </strong>or<strong> emerald pygmy parrot,</strong> is characterized by a green head and neck (which is unique among species of the genus <i><strong>Micropsitta</strong></i>). The typical length of a <strong>green pygmy parrot</strong> is 9.5 cm with an average weight of 12 g . Male and female individuals can be identified by slight differences in coloration</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The <strong>Cardinal Lory</strong> is 31 cm long. All plumage is red. The beak is orange with black at its base. The bare skin at base of beak and around eyes is black, and the irises are orange-red. Its legs are grey. The male and female are identical in external appearance. The beaks of the juveniles are dull orange with more prominent black areas than the adults, pale grey eye-rings, and yellow irises.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <strong>Solomons Cockatoo</strong> is about 30 cm long. They are predominantly white. They have a blue eye ring and a recumbent crest which resembles a sail in its raised state. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Eclectus Parrot</b> (<i><strong>Eclectus roratus</strong></i>) is a parrot native to the <strong>Solomon Islands</strong>, Sumba, New Guinea and nearby islands, northeastern Australia and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is unusual in the parrot family for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage; the male having a mostly bright emerald green plumage and the female a mostly bright red and purple/blue plumage. Their bright feathers are also used by native tribes people in New Guinea as decorations. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In its natural habitat, the <b>Eclectus Parrot</b> nests within hollows in large, emergent rainforest trees. Males may travel up to 20 km to forage and up to five males will regularly provide food for each female, each competing with the others for her affections and the right to father her young. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The diet of the<strong> eclectus parrots</strong> in the wild consists of mainly fruits, wild figs, unripe nuts, flower and leaf buds, and some seeds. Two favorite fruits are the pomegranate and the papaya (pawpaw) with seeds.</span> </div>
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Rainbow Lorikeet (<em>Trichoglossus haematodus)</em> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Rainbow Lorikeet</b>, (<i><strong>Trichoglossus haematodus</strong></i>) is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, <strong>Solomon Islands</strong> and Vanuatu. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Rainbow Lorikeets</strong> often travel together in pairs and occasionally respond to calls to fly as a flock, then disperse again into pairs. <strong>Rainbow Lorikeet</strong> pairs defend their feeding and nesting areas aggressively against other Rainbow Lorikeets and other bird species.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Rainbow Lorikeets</strong> feed mainly on fruit, pollen and nectar, and possess a tongue adapted especially for their particular diet. The end of the tongue is equipped with a papillate appendage adapted to collecting nectar from flowers. </span> </span></div>
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Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-18435385664727672542012-08-27T06:40:00.000+07:002012-08-27T06:40:00.558+07:00Birds of Solomon Islands 2005 (Part II)–Pigeon (Continuation)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">To continue the previous edition in the title “ <a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/pigeon-birds-of-solomon-islands-2005.html" target="_blank">Birds of Solomon Islands 2005 (Part 2)- Pigeon</a>” , detail of each stamps which depicted the endemic pigeon species such as : <strong>Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera), Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove (<em>Ptilinopus solomonensis)</em> , Claret-breasted Fruit Dove<em> (Ptilinopus viridis),</em> Nicobar Pigeon (<em>Caloenas nicobarica),</em> Stephan's Emerald Dove <em> (Chalcophaps stephani)</em></strong> and<strong> Crested Cuckoo-Dove <em> </em><em>(Reinwardtoena crassirostris)</em></strong> described as follow<em> :</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><strong>Ducula rubricera</strong> </em>is widely distributed in <strong>Papua New Guinea </strong>and<strong> </strong>on nearly all forested islands in the <strong>Solomon Islands</strong>. Although it is still common where extensive forest remains, it is much rarer in degraded habitats. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">It is a large robust pigeon ( 40 cm) with pale upper back, head, neck, throat and breast. Distinctive large reddish (occasionally yellowish) cere above bill. Wing-coverts iridescent emerald, bronzy or golden green with darker secondary and tail feathers tainted bluish.Primaries blackish-blue and the color of under-wing is dull grey. The Legs are purplish-red.Juvenile resembles adult but lacking red cere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">It inhabits lowland rainforest up to the elevation of 500 m till 1,200 m. The population is estimated to be in the band 10,000-19,999 mature individuals, equating to 15,000-29,999 individuals in total, rounded here to 15,000-30,000 individuals. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">It is threatened by logging and forest conversion.</span> <span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">This species is classified as Near Threatened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">The </span><b style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Nicobar Pigeon</b><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> (</span><i style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Caloenas nicobarica</i><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">) is a pigeon found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Nicobar Islands, east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. </span><b style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Nicobar Pigeon</b><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> is the only living member of the genus </span><i style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><b>Caloenas</b></i><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Nicobar Pigeon </b><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">is a large pigeon, measuring 40 cm in length. The head is grey, like the upper neck plumage, which turns into green and copper hackles towards the breast. The breast and remiges are dark grey. The tail is very short and pure white. The rest of its plumage is metallic green. The cere of the dark bill forms a small blackish knob; the strong legs and feet are dull red. The irides are dark. Females are slightly smaller than males. They have a smaller bill knob, shorter hackles and browner underparts. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Stephan's Emerald Dove</b> (<i><b>Chalcophaps stephani</b></i>) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.The species is evaluated as Least Concern.</span></div>
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Crested Cuckoo-Dove (<em>Reinwardtoena crassirostris)</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Crested Cuckoo </b></span><b style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">- Dove</b><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reinwardtoena crassirostris</b> is a large pigeon endemic to <strong>Papua New Guinea</strong> and the <strong>Solomon Islands</strong>. It occurs at relatively low densities and therefore the total population is believed to be small. It may be declining rapidly in the lowlands, although the hill populations are probably declining very slowly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">It inhabits primary forest in the hills to a maximum of 1,500 m, more usually to 1,000 m.It is most common in steep hills unsuitable for logging and usually feeds on <em>Schefflera</em> fruits which commonly grow in secondary growth (R. James <em>in litt.</em> 1999)<strong><sup></sup></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The lowland forests across the region are being extensively logged, causing a significant decline in this species; hunting is a minor additional threat.Its to be considered as Near Threatened species.</span></div>
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<br />Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-64828988917901107582012-05-26T18:19:00.001+07:002012-08-24T20:22:02.599+07:00Breeding birds of Christmas Island<div style="text-align: justify;">In referring to the previous title <a href="http://http//birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/breeding-birds-of-christmas-island.html">“ Breeding Birds of Christmas Island- Kiribati 2005”</a>, the subsequent paragraphs have described the breeding bird species as shown on the issued stamp. </div><br />
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<div align="center">Lesser Frigatebird – Fregata ariel</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Lesser Frigatebird</b> (<i><b>Fregata ariel</b></i>) is common in tropical seas breeding on remote islands, including <b>Christmas Island</b> in the Indian Ocean in recent years. The male is mostly all black save for a white patch on the flank which extends on to the underwing as a spur. Males also have a pale bar on the upper wing. Females have a black head and neck with a white collar and breast as well as a spur extending on to the underwing. The female also has a narrow red ring around the eye. </div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="center">Red-tailed Tropicbird /Phaethon rubricauda</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Red-tailed Tropicbird</b> or <i><b>Phaethon rubricauda</b> </i>looks like a stout tern, and hence closely resembles the other two tropicbird species. It has generally white plumage, often with a pink tinge, a black crescent around the eye and a thin red tail feather. It has a bright red bill and black feet.The <b>Red-tailed Tropicbird</b> is a seabird that nests across the Indian and Pacific Oceans<br />
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<div align="center">Blue Noddy – Procelsterna cerulea</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Blue Noddy</b> (<i><b>Procelsterna cerulea</b></i>) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family which found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Hawaii. Its natural habitat is open, shallow seas in tropical and subtropical regions. </div><br />
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</div><div align="justify">The<b> Christmas Shearwater </b>has dark plumage all over, generally blackish-grey with a rusty-brown tinge, slightly paler on the underside of the bird, and with some small edging of white under the chin and pale fringes to the upperwing coverts. It has brown-grey feet and a dark bill and eyes. Both sexes are alike, as are the young after fledging. </div><div align="justify">The<b> Christmas Shearwater </b> feeds at sea, predominantly on squid, and fish, mostly flying fish (Exocoetidae) and goatfish (Mullidae). It is highly pelagic and is dependent on predatory fish such as tuna driving prey species to the surface. The <b>Christmas Shearwater</b> nests on sandy islands with good cover. It nests on the surface, underneath dense cover (such as naupakas, <i>Scaevola</i>), or under rock outcroppings.</div><br />
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<div align="center">Sooty Tern – Sterna fuscata</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Sooty Tern</b> (<i>Sterna fuscata</i>), is a large seabird of the tern family (Sternidae) with distinctive size in 33–36 cm long and 82–94 cm in wingspan. The wings and deeply forked tail are long, and it has dark black upperparts and white underparts. The <b>Sooty Tern</b> has black legs and bill. The average life span is 32 years.It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone</div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="center">Masked Booby – Sula dactylatra</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Masked Booby</b> (<i>Sula dactylatra</i>) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans. This is the largest booby, at 74–91 cm long, with a 137–165 cm wingspan and 1.2–2.35 kg weight.Adults are white with pointed black wings, a pointed black tail, and a dark grey facemask. The sexes are similar, but the male has a yellow bill, and the female's is greenish yellow; during the breeding season they have a patch of bare, bluish skin at the base of the bill. </div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-72215070905171769852012-05-25T06:14:00.006+07:002012-08-24T20:34:23.844+07:00Sea birds of Kiribati<div align="justify">In refer to the previous title : <a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/seabirds-of-kiribati-kiribati-2005.html">Sea birds of Kiribati-Kiribati 2005</a>, detail of each issued stamp in related with the above title has described in the subsequent paragraphs.The first miniature sheet of the issued stamps by <b>Kiribati</b> Post which collaborated with <b>Birdlife International </b>on August 15, 2005 featured sea birds of Kiribati such as: <b>White-tailed tropicbird (Phaeton lepturus), Black Noddy ( Anous minutus), Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus), White Tern (Gygis alba), and Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)</b><br />
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<div align="center">White-tailed Tropicbird ( Phaethon lepturus)</div><div align="justify"><br />
The <b>White-tailed Tropicbird</b> breeds on tropical islands laying a single egg directly onto the ground or a cliff ledge. <b>White-tailed Tropicbird</b> disperses widely across the oceans when not breeding, and sometimes wanders far. <b>White-tailed Tropicbird</b> feeds on fish and squid, caught by surface plunging, but this species is a poor swimmer.Sexes are similar, although males average longer tailed, but juveniles lack the tail streamers, have a green-yellow bill, and a finely barred back.<br />
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The<b> Black Noddy</b> has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas, with colonies widespread in the Pacific Ocean and more scattered across the Caribbean, central Atlantic and in the northeast Indian Ocean.The <b>Black Noddy</b> (<i><b>Anous minutus</b></i>) is a seabird from the tern family.<br />
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The <b>Red-footed Booby</b> (<i>Sula sula</i>) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae.This species breeds on islands in most tropical oceans. When not breeding it spends most of the time at sea, and is therefore rarely seen away from breeding colonies. It nests in large colonies, laying one chalky blue egg in a stick nest.The nest is usually placed in a tree or bush, but rarely it may nest on the ground.<br />
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The <b>Wedge-tailed Shearwater</b>, <i>Puffinus pacificus</i> is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.The Wedge-tailed Shearwater is the largest of the tropical shearwaters. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters feed pelagically on fish, squid and crustaceans. 66% of their diet is fish, of which the most commonly taken is goatfish.The Wedge-tailed Shearwater breeds in colonies on small tropical islands<br />
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The <b>White Tern</b> (<i>Gygis alba</i>) is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world.The White Tern is a small, all white tern with a long black bill, related to the noddies. It ranges widely across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and also nests in some Atlantic islands. It nests on coral islands, usually on trees with thin branches but also on rocky ledges and on man-made structures. The White Tern feeds on small fish which it catches by plunge diving.<br />
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The <b>Great Frigatebird</b> (<i>Fregata minor</i>) is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific (including Galapagos Islands) and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic.Great Frigatebirds are seasonally monogamous, with a breeding season that can take two years from mating to the end of parental care. The species is colonial, nesting in bushes and trees (and on the ground in the absence of vegetation) in colonies of up to several thousand pairs.</div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-6462547325587642022012-03-11T15:40:00.004+07:002012-08-24T20:22:50.332+07:00Birdlife of British Indian Ocean Territory - 2006<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-svkK09NM31c/T1xkFCLex5I/AAAAAAAAA_o/JdC26amLq0Y/s1600-h/IO018MS.0614.jpg"><img alt="IO018MS.06" height="275" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DzV7oMDHrQQ/T1xkGnNY9xI/AAAAAAAAA_w/_n-0pqmK9Wg/IO018MS.06_thumb12.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IO018MS.06" width="550" /></a><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">In year 2006 , <b>BIOT</b> (<b>British Indian Ocean Territory</b>) Post collaborated with <b>Birdlife International</b> Organization have released the stamp set features the protected seabirds <b> Great frigatebird, Black-naped tern, Brown Noddy, Yellow-billed tropicbird, Red-footed Booby </b>and <b>White Tern</b> . The issue stamps are present in one miniature sheet which consist of six postage stamps depicted the foresaid species.The sheet have marked with many logos of bird association, OTEP, RSPB, Birdlife International.</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><b>Great Frigatebird</b> or <b>Fregata minor</b></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Great Frigatebird</b> is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family, have distinctive a measure of 85–105 cm with long pointed wings of 205–230 cm and long forked tails. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific (including Galapagos Islands) and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic.<br />
</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Great Frigatebird</b> is a lightly built large seabird with predominantly black plumage. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism. The female is larger than the adult male and has a white throat and breast, and the male's scapular feathers have a purple-green sheen. This species have a long life span around 35 years, exhibit deferred maturity, lay only 1 egg, and have a very slow-growing chick.</span><br />
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<div align="center"><b>Black-naped Tern</b> or <b>Sterna sumarrana</b></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Black-naped Tern</b> (<i><b>Sterna sumatrana</b></i>) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland. Their beaks and legs are black, but the tips of their bills are yellow. This species of terns is a slender bird, about 30 cm long with a wing length of 21–23 cm, with narrow wings and a distinct long forked tail. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Its name is attributed to the presence of a thin black band across its eyes that broadens around the nape, giving it a masked appearance. Its color is predominantly white with a pale grey wash on its upper parts. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Both sexes are alike and its breeding plumage can be distinguished by a pinkish tinge to its under-parts and a broader black band. The call is a high-pitched "kee kee" uttered a few times in flight. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Black-naped Terns</b> nest in small colonies and usually do not nest with other tern species, although they may be associated with nesting colonies of Roseate Terns (<i>Sterna dougalli</i>). They lay their eggs directly on rocky surfaces on cliffs or on the ground in a slight depression above tide level with no nesting material. However, bits of rocks are sometimes used to encircle the eggs. One or two eggs are laid and these are light buff or pale greenish in colour with rough blotches of brown or black. </span> </div><br />
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<div align="center"><b>Yellow-billed Tropicbird or Phaethon Iepturus</b></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The distinct features of <b>White-Tailed Tropicbird</b> or <b>Yellow-billed Tropicbird</b> are a graceful seabird with pointed wings and very long central tail feathers; mainly white plumage, with black markings through eye and on upper wings. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Yellow-billed Tropicbird’s</b> habitat on small, remote oceanic islands; spends most of time roaming the open ocean; also seen along coasts. It found almost all tropical and subtropical oceans apart from eastern Pacific Ocean. Its habits are usually, breeds in loose island colonies; wanders widely across oceans when not breeding; catches fish by plunge-diving. The major populations of <b>Yellow-billed Tropicbird</b> are in Caribbean and Indian Ocean, especially around Christmas Island.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Yellow-billed Tropicbird</b> nests mainly on inaccessible cliff faces, in crevices or sheltered scrapes in soil, sometimes in tree hollows or other sites.In nest lays 1 egg and the incubation period around 40 days. The young bird fledge after 70 to 85 days. It sounds loud whistles and harsh screams, especially during courtship. Their diets are mainly small flying fish and squid; some crabs and other invertebrates. </span> </div><ins></ins><br />
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<div align="center"><b>White Tern </b>or<b> Gygis alba</b></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>White Tern</b> (<i><b>Gygis alba</b></i>) is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the <b>Fairy Tern</b> . It ranges widely across the Pacific and Indian Oceans and also nests in some Atlantic islands</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The White Tern have distinctive feature is a long black bill, related to the noddies. It nests on coral islands, usually on trees with thin branches but also on rocky ledges and on man-made structures. The White Tern feeds on small fish which it catches by plunge diving.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">In spite of these benefits there are costs associated with tree nesting, as the eggs and chicks are vulnerable to becoming dislodged by heavy winds. For this reason the White Tern is also quick to relay should it lose the egg. The newly hatched chicks have well developed feet with which to hang on to their precarious nesting site. It is a long-lived bird, having been recorded living for 17 years.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="center"><b>Brown Noddy </b>or<b> Anous stolidus</b></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Brown Noddy</b> or <i><b>Anous stolidus</b></i> is a medium tern from the tern family. The closely related species is Black Noddy, but the Brown Noddy is larger size and its plumage color dark brown rather than black.The <b>Brown Noddy</b> is the largest member of the noddy family; they weigh twice as much as black noddies. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The other distinctive are white forehead blending to gray nape, and small white (lower) half-eye ring. Wedge shaped tail has small notch at tip. Black bill is long, slender. Black legs, feet. Strong, swift flight with steady wing beats. Often flies with erratic changes of direction.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Brown Noddy</b> is a tropical seabird with a worldwide distribution, ranging from Hawaii to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea to the Seychelles and Australia in the Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean to Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Brown Noddy</b> is colonial, usually nesting on the in elevated situations on cliffs or in short trees or shrubs. It only occasionally nests on the ground. A single egg is laid by the female of a pair each breeding season.</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><b>Red-footed Booby</b> or <b>Sula sula</b></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Red-footed Booby</b> (<i>Sula sula</i>) is the smallest of all boobies at about 70 centimetres in length and with a wingspan of up to 1 metre. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies.Its bill and throat pouch are coloured pink and blue. The sexes are similar.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed colonially in coastal regions, especially islands. <b>Red-footed Boobies</b> are spectacular divers, plunging into the ocean at high speeds to catch prey. They mainly eat small fish or squid which gather in groups near the surface. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">This species has several morphs. In the white morph, the plumage is mostly white and the flight feathers are black. The brown morph is overall brown. The white-headed and white-tailed brown morph has a mostly white body, tail and head, and brown wings and back. The morphs commonly breed together, but in most regions one or two morphs predominate.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">It nests in large colonies, laying one chalky blue egg in a stick nest, which is incubated by both adults for 44–46 days. The nest is usually placed in a tree or bush, but rarely it may nest on the ground.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Red-footed Booby pairs may remain together over several seasons. They perform elaborate greeting rituals, including harsh squawks and the male's display of his blue throat, also including short dances. </span> </div><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:37be5710-96d3-4521-81dd-3e8fc4db2f1f" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/British+Indian+Ocean+Territory" rel="tag">British Indian Ocean Territory</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Birdlife+International+stamp" rel="tag">Birdlife International stamp</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Great+frigatebird" rel="tag">Great frigatebird</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/White+tern" rel="tag">White tern</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Red-footed+booby" rel="tag">Red-footed booby</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Brown+noddy" rel="tag">Brown noddy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Yellow-billed+tropicbird" rel="tag">Yellow-billed tropicbird</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Black-naped+tern" rel="tag">Black-naped tern</a></div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-53104580722835343072012-02-05T07:04:00.003+07:002012-08-24T20:23:14.004+07:00Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">In year 2007, <b>British Indian Ocean Territory Post</b> issued the birdlife stamp composed of 6 (six) single postage stamps that features the <b>Pomarine Skua</b> (<b>Stercorarius pomarinus</b>). The issue stamps have logo of Birdlife International.</span></div><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Pomarine Skua</b> is a large seabird, nearly as big as a herring gull. It has long spoon-shaped tail streamers. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">There are two kind appearances: dark - birds are all dark brown with small white flashes on the wings and light - birds have a pale breast with a dark cap on their heads.</span><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Pomarine Skua </b>or<b> Stercorarius pomarinus</b>, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. This species is a migrant seabird, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The size ranges from 46 to 67 cm in length, 110 to 138 cm in wingspan and 540–920 g in weight.</span><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Light-morph adult have a brown back, mainly white underparts and dark primary wing feathers with a white "flash". The head and neck are yellowish-white with a black cap. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Dark morph adults are dark brown, and intermediate morph birds are dark with somewhat paler underparts, head and neck.</span> </div><div align="justify"><br />
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<div align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NQ2WEmhchz8/Ty3HipKQraI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Y5WRcMjiYvI/s1600-h/IO020.071.jpg"><img align="left" alt="IO020.07" height="191" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-68urYPPbK5Q/Ty3HjqK5LgI/AAAAAAAAAzs/CStOsb3OYYc/IO020.07_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; float: left;" title="IO020.07" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Pomarine Skua </b> breeds in the far north of Eurasia and North America. It nests on Arctic tundra and islands, laying 2–3 olive-brown eggs in grass lined depressions. Like other skuas, <b>Pomarine Skua </b> will fly at the head of a human or other intruder approaching its nest. Although it cannot inflict serious damage, the experience is frightening and painful.</span><br />
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</div><h5> </h5><h5> </h5><h5 align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-B3wVxEjv4Ts/Ty3Hk15Fb2I/AAAAAAAAAz4/87ODkih_C8g/s1600-h/IO021.073.jpg"><img align="right" alt="IO021.07" height="190" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VjGdgianK6U/Ty3Hlpbx4qI/AAAAAAAAAz8/rCS-_GtlF9k/IO021.07_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; float: right;" title="IO021.07" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pomarine Skua</span> feeds on lemmings, other rodents, offal, scraps, small birds and also robs gulls, terns and even Gannets of their catches. Sometime this birds will also kill birds up to the size of Common Gull. </span></h5><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pomarine Skua </b>continues this piratical behaviour throughout the year, showing great agility as it harasses its victims. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Resources: Wikipedia and RSPB) </span> </div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-51516400579646431312011-12-05T22:37:00.001+07:002012-08-24T20:23:40.094+07:00Several of jungle fowls from Vietnam - 2006<div align="justify">On 1 April 2006,<b> Vietnam</b> Ministry of Posts & Telematics (MPT) collaborated with <b>Birdlife International</b> organisation issued the stamp series “<b>Several of jungle fowls</b>” consisting of 5 values and 1 block of 5 stamps with their denominations of 800d; 2.000d; 3,000d, 5,000d, 8,000d and 18,800d respectively. All issue stamps have logo of BLI (Birdlife International org.). </div><div align="justify"> </div><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3W6A0NKLGN4/TtuUEKWSJSI/AAAAAAAAAiM/JLLwgMECY5g/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png"><img alt="image" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86BU2rrEs0brj_pwvSaD8CMsgZtbKK96_XrRRQ-1sIxAdQo0EF1ndNp1B941a6rZlpzd85I61S5D5ytW1dhtkOtj_ljGKYHcfQiDDejHaA7liW5HmzQMRNm5_p__isqw5-pKZ-rvaY6c/?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br />
<div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The stamp set depicts Vietnam’s threatened and endemic partridges and pheasants <b>(Galliformes).</b> The stamp designer selected five Galliformes to be depicted on the stamps. They are the <b>Orange-necked Partridge Arborophila davidi, Edwards’s Pheasant Lophura edwardsi, Vietnamese Pheasant Lophura hatinhensis, Germain’s Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini </b>and<b> Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata.</b> </div><div align="justify">Detail of five <b>Galliformes</b> described in the previous edition of this blog , on 27 November 2010, with the title <a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/11/birdlife-of-vietnam-2006.html"><b>Birdlife of Vietnam 2006</b></a><b>.</b><b></b> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The other issued is Maxi card , consist of five card , each depicts the rare fowl in clearly and colourful.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><img alt="image" height="240" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TtHldTeZGQA/TtuUNTDxfbI/AAAAAAAAAik/C-KV53Tujy4/image_thumb%25255B11%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="image" width="359" /><b></b> </div><div align="center"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Edwards’s Pheasant Lophura edwardsi</span></b> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">All five species have small populations that are declining because of habitat loss and fragmentation and high levels of hunting.The classifications of population vary depending upon how severe their threat of extinction is considered to be.<br />
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<div align="center"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata.</span></b> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">In conjunction with this programme,Vietnam Ministry of Posts & Telematics also issued The First Day Cover .</span><span style="font-size: small;">The official first day cover divided in two covers, each sealed with three stamps and two stamps. Both the first day cover has specific postmarked.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fg1U2XNXGEw/TtuUpguHdrI/AAAAAAAAAjs/fT8rZKEo-Hc/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png"><img alt="image" height="240" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mq0SYYjuF3k/TtuUrok69LI/AAAAAAAAAj0/OLEVfghsPfk/image_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="image" width="390" /></a> <br />
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</div><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:71163a3e-c087-4e34-9f33-81540927eae5" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Birdlife" rel="tag">Birdlife</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Vietnam" rel="tag">Vietnam</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Rynchops+albicollis" rel="tag">Rynchops albicollis</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Larus+saundersi" rel="tag">Larus saundersi</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Calidris+pygmeus" rel="tag">Calidris pygmeus</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Tringa+guttifer" rel="tag">Tringa guttifer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Birdlife+International" rel="tag">Birdlife International</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/stamp" rel="tag">stamp</a></div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-24477195376229222202011-09-18T06:57:00.004+07:002012-08-24T20:24:30.666+07:00Birds of Solomon Islands 2005 ( Part 1) - Goshawk and others<span style="font-size: small;">In relation with the previous page “ </span><a href="http://birdlifeinternational.blogspot.com/2010/09/birds-of-solomon-islands-2005-pt1.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Birds of Solomon Islands . 2005- Pt.1. Blyth's Hornbill</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> “, detail of each stamp described in the following:</span><br />
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zK6AUDh_K_U/TnUzom4tkTI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/rGZGNHepPSU/s1600-h/sol200513l3.jpg"><img alt="sol200513l" height="240" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mDA6i7AK9Sw/TnUzp3A3n9I/AAAAAAAAAYU/WnR-Da4-0uk/sol200513l_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="sol200513l" width="294" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Pied Goshawk</strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <strong>Pied Goshawk</strong> (<strong>Accipiter albogularis</strong>) is a species of bird of prey in the <em>Accipitridae</em> family. It is found in <em>Papua New Guinea</em> and <em>Solomon Islands</em>. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The <strong>Pied Goshawk</strong> has length ranged 33 – 43 cm and span 60 – 80 cm.This species is evaluated as Least Concern.</span></div> <br />
<div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uU6wIofxfUk/TnUzrtreflI/AAAAAAAAAYY/WZtoSV7mmqo/s1600-h/sol200514l3.jpg"><img alt="sol200514l" height="240" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jxwBCFbjNR8/TnUzsj2sA7I/AAAAAAAAAYc/i-dDP-ZZD9U/sol200514l_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="sol200514l" width="297" /></a><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Imitator Sparrowhawk</span></strong></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Imitator Sparrowhawk</b> or (<i><b>Accipiter imitator</b></i>) is a species of bird of prey in the <em>Accipitridae </em>family. <em><strong>Accipiter imitator</strong></em> is endemic to Bougainville, <em>Papua New Guinea</em>, and <em>Choiseul</em> and <em>Santa Isabel</em>, <em><strong>Solomon Islands</strong>.</em> Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests at least 400 m and, possibly, 1,000 m and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. As a lowland species, it is likely to be threatened by forest loss and degradation. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">There is extensive logging in the lowlands and hills of <em>Choiseul</em> and some on <em>Isabel</em>. Logging may become a problem on Bougainville when the island opens up to development.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Its shorter wings and tail and longer legs suggest that it is better adapted to interior forest.</span><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Buff-headed Coucal</b> or <i><b>Centropus milo </b></i>is a species of coucal. <i>C. milo</i> is a common endemic of the central islands of the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland and mountain forests, mostly in primary and secondary growth. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">This species is a large cuckoo with a heavy bill and short wings. The plumage of adults is striking with a buff head, upper back and undersides, and glossy black wings, lower back and tail. The iris is red and legs and bill are dark grey. Juveniles are very differently colours, with the wings and tail reddish brown with black barring and the rest of the plumage brown mottled with black. The iris is brown-grey and the bill is bicolored, brown above and pale horn below. </span> </div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Black-faced Pitta</b>, <i>Pitta anerythra</i>, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. <i>Pitta anerythra</i> is endemic to Bougainville, <b>Papua New Guinea</b>, and Choiseul and Santa Isabel, <b>Solomon Islands. </b>Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss. It has been categorised as Vulnerable on the basis of its very small known population.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The size approximately<strong> </strong>is 15 cm length. Typical pitta with prominent sky-blue wing-coverts. Bright green upper- parts, warm buff under-parts. Black mask encircles face and variably across forehead. There are three subspecies i.e: pitta pallida, pitta anerythra and pitta nigrifrons. All subspecies found in Solomon Islands.</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong></strong> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fWPNwz7VDXQ/TnUzzn3tXkI/AAAAAAAAAYw/p9VVc6mIbrA/s1600-h/sol200517l3.jpg"><img alt="sol200517l" height="240" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lZS59_5FXEg/TnUz0oYzJlI/AAAAAAAAAY0/OUIi7ghUj9w/sol200517l_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="sol200517l" width="293" /></a><strong>Melanesian Megapode</strong> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Melanesian Megapode</b> or <i><strong>Megapodius eremita</strong></i> is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the <strong>Solomon Islands</strong>. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The population is declining owing to intensive egg collection, soil erosion, predation by feral dogs, consumption and unearthing of eggs by feral pigs and habitat destruction caused by growth of the timber industry. The species is evaluated as Least Concern.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kJmltEdiuuo/TnUz2YBeMKI/AAAAAAAAAY4/Vr-6Up8fOY4/s1600-h/sol200518l3.jpg"><img alt="sol200518l" height="240" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LIiXBIOpKUQ/TnUz3RoQrzI/AAAAAAAAAY8/a2gyZy1KIwg/sol200518l_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="sol200518l" width="294" /></a><strong>Blyth’s Hornbill</strong> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Blyth’s Hornbill </strong>or <strong>Papuan Hornbill</strong>, occurs throughout lowland forests, from sea level up to 1,200-1,500 m ASL, in the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and as far east as the Solomon Islands. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The species has distinctive appearances are up to 91 cm in length, the adult male has a mainly black plumage with a golden or orange-buff coloured head, white throat and a white tail. Its irides are reddish brown, surrounded by naked pale blue skin around the eye. The female is a smaller predominantly black bird with a white throat and tail. Young birds similar with female birds.</span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Blyth’s Hornbill </strong></span>nests in a large rainforest tree hollow from 18 m to at least 30 m above the ground. Females make their nest in a hollow standing tree, and then build a wall to close all but the smallest of openings. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Its diet consists mainly of fruits occasionally supplemented with insects and other small animals.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Hornbills are seriously affected by habitat destruction in particular the removal of large trees used for nesting.</span></div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-32646038367148787262011-07-03T14:56:00.002+07:002012-08-24T20:24:59.870+07:00Eurasian Curlew – Belarus’s Bird of the Year 2011<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">On March14,2011 the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of <strong>Belarus</strong> issued the stamp <strong>“Eurasian curlew”</strong> from the series <strong><em>“Bird of the year”.</em></strong></span></div><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jF2sxhcWCcM/ThAgQ_tOaQI/AAAAAAAAAXA/IBepzNMaR_E/s1600-h/image%25255B1%25255D.png"><img alt="image" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnIq1vHDP175Nfa2UZZWmaa8UOiYyk9N7Fj_RFlMJcAOuSS9EkzyygOmgqRfziV9QBKLka9Mt_UMzWDy2D1lvoPTZ7JhABJbF8msXSm0G0ZP-Y7tqy1kFV5ycKGZnYBr35pl0GrdzLEY/?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; float: left;" title="image" width="280" /></a><br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">There are logos of the International organization for the protection of birds “BirdLife International" and Belarus public organization "Ahova ptushak Batskaushchyny" (APB)on the stamps.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Eurasian curlew, or Numenius arquata is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. This is a migratory species over most of its range, wintering in Africa, southern Europe and south Asia. It is present all year in the milder climate of Ireland, Great Britain and the adjacent European coasts.</span><br />
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<b>1$ Antillean Crested Hummingbird <i>Orthorhyncus cristatus</i> </b> <br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Antillean Crested Hummingbird</b> (<i>Orthorhyncus cristatus</i>) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. <span style="font-size: small;">Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.</span></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span> </div><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TU9d0hmFp0I/AAAAAAAAAVo/-NbQnUf4LAA/s1600-h/stl200402l4.jpg"><img alt="stl200402l" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCOVbG71pDMOg-lxg0f5-RBsIozrqQknDD5uaqGLhSczX-9I-5nkAZwEs7qxnWlSF3LTQ0cZPtCExqLBdTJJV1aeIh9mTMO4VN0VaW5mbB3yc3WjUxWqgFm2AAO61aoeMzqBBqqJK1tQ/?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="stl200402l" width="350" /></a> <br />
<b>1$ Lesser Antillean Pewee <i>Contopus latirostris</i> </b> <br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Lesser Antillean Pewee</b> (<i><b>Contopus latirostris</b></i>) is a species of </span><span style="font-size: small;">bird</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Tyrannidae</span><span style="font-size: small;"> family. </span><span style="font-size: small;">It is found in </span><span style="font-size: small;">Dominica</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Guadeloupe</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Martinique</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Puerto Rico</span><span style="font-size: small;">, and </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Lucia</span><span style="font-size: small;"> with records from </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Kitts</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Its natural </span><span style="font-size: small;">habitats</span><span style="font-size: small;"> are subtropical or tropical dry </span><span style="font-size: small;">forests</span><span style="font-size: small;">, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist </span><span style="font-size: small;">montanes</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br />
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<b>1$ Purple-throated Carib <i>Eulampis jugularis</i> </b> <br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Purple-throated Carib</b> (<i>Eulampis jugularis</i>) is a species of </span><span style="font-size: small;">hummingbird</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Trochilidae</span><span style="font-size: small;"> family. <span style="font-size: small;">Its natural </span><span style="font-size: small;">habitats</span><span style="font-size: small;"> are </span><span style="font-size: small;">subtropical</span><span style="font-size: small;"> or </span><span style="font-size: small;">tropical</span><span style="font-size: small;"> moist lowland </span><span style="font-size: small;">forests</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and heavily degraded former forest.</span></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">It breeds on </span><span style="font-size: small;">Antigua</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Dominica</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Guadeloupe</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Martinique</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Montserrat</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saba</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Kitts and Nevis</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Lucia</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Vincent</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and </span><span style="font-size: small;">Sint Eustatius</span><span style="font-size: small;">. It has occurred as a </span><span style="font-size: small;">vagrant</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in </span><span style="font-size: small;">Barbados</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Barbuda</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Grenada</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Virgin Islands</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyGFOocC6M5_sGxCJgO0un3baoCQqVuUk-ar-1qU81Mh6LEuiWTCMS5w7g4RFyUeuYg_4mKN0ZMtUx1d7OcwZy_OnDeGVZP_owc8HUUMeaV_4so80PZZRs8uW38bHFyX06uQ7qaZBUhk/s1600-h/stl200404l4.jpg"><img alt="stl200404l" height="282" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TU9d9DBM6OI/AAAAAAAAAV8/0Cev3OFgJto/stl200404l_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="stl200404l" width="350" /></a> <br />
<b>1$ Grey Trembler <i>Cinclocerthia gutturalis</i> </b> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Grey Trembler</b> (<i>Cinclocerthia gutturalis</i>) is a </span><span style="font-size: small;">songbird</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">species</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">family</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Mimidae</span><span style="font-size: small;">. It is found only in </span><span style="font-size: small;">Martinique</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Lucia.</span> <br />
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<b>1$ Rufous-throated Solitaire <i>Myadestes genibarbis</i> </b> <br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Rufous-throated Solitaire</b> (<i><b>Myadestes genibarbis</b></i>) is a species of </span><span style="font-size: small;">bird</span><span style="font-size: small;"> placed in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Turdidae</span><span style="font-size: small;"> family.</span><span style="font-size: small;">It is found on </span><span style="font-size: small;">Dominica</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Hispaniola</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Jamaica</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">Martinique</span><span style="font-size: small;">,<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saint Lucia</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> and </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Vincent</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Its natural </span><span style="font-size: small;">habitats</span><span style="font-size: small;"> are subtropical or tropical moist lowland </span><span style="font-size: small;">forests</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and subtropical or tropical moist </span><span style="font-size: small;">montane</span><span style="font-size: small;"> forests. </span> </div> <br />
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<b>1$ St. Lucia Warbler <i>Dendroica delicata</i></b><br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>St Lucia Warbler (Dendroica delicata)</b> is a species of </span><span style="font-size: small;">bird</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Parulidae</span><span style="font-size: small;"> family. It is </span><span style="font-size: small;">endemic</span><span style="font-size: small;"> to </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Lucia</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><br />
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<b>1$ Antillean Euphonia <i>Euphonia musica</i> </b> <br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Antillean Euphonia (Euphonia musica)</b> is a </span><span style="font-size: small;">bird</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">species</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the </span><span style="font-size: small;">finch</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">family</span><span style="font-size: small;">, Fringillidae (formerly in </span><span style="font-size: small;">Thraupidae</span><span style="font-size: small;">). It is found in all the main islands of the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Lesser Antilles</span><span style="font-size: small;">, and the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Greater Antilles</span><span style="font-size: small;"> from </span><span style="font-size: small;">Hispaniola</span><span style="font-size: small;"> eastwards. Its natural </span><span style="font-size: small;">habitats</span><span style="font-size: small;"> are subtropical or tropical dry </span><span style="font-size: small;">forests</span><span style="font-size: small;">, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest. </span> </div> <br />
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<b>1$ Semper's Warbler <i>Leucopeza semperi</i> </b> <br />
<div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Semper's Warbler (Leucopeza semperi)</b> is an extremely rare or possibly extinct </span><span style="font-size: small;">New World Warbler</span><span style="font-size: small;"> which is endemic to </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saint Lucia</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">The bird is about 14.5 centimetres in length. The plumage of the adults is dark gray at the upperparts and greyish white at the underparts. The immatures are brownish-grey above and have buffish underparts, and the long legs are pale yellow. It lives in the undergrowth of montane and elfin forests. The call consists of tuck-tick-tick-tuck noises. Nothing is known about its ecology but it is probably a ground-nesting bird.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Causes for its decline were probably introduced mongooses. Due to its possibly ground-nesting habits it was an easy prey for the mongooses. Another cause might be habitat destruction.</span></div><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:604eae98-c389-4d54-8dc4-ea3f5d3246a3" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Blogger Tags: <a href="http://www.example.com/Saint+Lucia" rel="tag">Saint Lucia</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Antillean+Crested+Hummingbird" rel="tag">Antillean Crested Hummingbird</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Lesser+Antillean+Pewee" rel="tag">Lesser Antillean Pewee</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Purple-throated+Carib" rel="tag">Purple-throated Carib</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Grey+Trembler" rel="tag">Grey Trembler</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Rufous-throated+Solitaire" rel="tag">Rufous-throated Solitaire</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/St.+Lucia+Warbler" rel="tag">St. Lucia Warbler</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Antillean+Euphonia" rel="tag">Antillean Euphonia</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/Semper%27s+Warbler" rel="tag">Semper's Warbler</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/bird+life+international" rel="tag">bird life international</a></div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-19590033840414442762011-02-05T09:23:00.001+07:002012-08-24T20:25:53.211+07:00New Caledonia 2006–Birdlife Stamps<div align="justify"><b>New Caledonia</b> Post issued the stamp series of birdlife consist of three stamps on year 2006. The stamp set featured <b>Charmosyna diadema</b>, <b><span style="font-size: small;">Aegotheles savesi, <b><span style="font-size: small;">Gallirallus lafresnayanus.</span></b></span></b></div><div align="justify"><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Charmosyna diadema</span></b><br />
<h4></h4><div align="justify">The <b>New Caledonian Lorikeet</b> is 18-19 cm long (the size of a large hand), 7-8 cm of which is the slim and pointed tail.Female birds are green overall, with deep violet blue crown and dark bluish thighs, a yellowish face and underside face, and a red anal region. The tail is green above and yellowish olive below, with the four lateral feathers with red basal markings followed by a black band, tipped yellow on the underside. The beak is orange-red, the iris probably dark orange like the feet. </div><div align="justify">This bird is hard to track because it is nomadic and is relatively inconspicuous. It is listed as <b>Critically Endangered (D1)</b> by BirdLife International, which means that the effective population size is likely to be less than fifty individuals. </div><h4> </h4><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TUoRxxKaCsI/AAAAAAAAAVI/onDJntZVY20/s1600-h/nec200605l4.jpg"><img alt="nec200605l" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5WOvrbiapxyIfT5jowO-kl3qH6PhjLfC9zo7d7_e0Z2MNXOCpehrXRZKCFJV8Hy0Nw4032V2CbWRoZzYbGGqspued7oeN_m0FPuOoevlm2Zi1aNaPlD3_Isqd8hZW7kC3B52x-sQ6ao/?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="nec200605l" width="300" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Aegotheles savesi</b></span><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Enigmatic Owlet-nightjar</b> or <i><b>Aegotheles savesi</b></i>, also known as the <b>New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar</b>, is a large owlet-nightjar (a kind of bird related to swifts and goatsuckers) with vermiculated grey-brown and black plumage. </div><div align="justify">It has a long, slightly rounded tail, short, rounded wings, and long, stout legs.The description of species are 28cm long and large with dark owlet-nightjar. Plumage rather uniformly vermiculated grey-brown and black. Structurally distinct with short rounded wings, long, slightly rounded tail and relatively long, stout legs </div><div align="justify">This bird is endemic to New Caledonia’s <i>Melaleuca</i> savanna and humid forests. Other members of its genus are highly territorial and nest in holes in trees. These birds also forage by sitting on a branch and attacking small animals.<br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>New Caledonian Rail</b> (<i><b>Gallirallus lafresnayanus</b></i>) is a large and drab flightless rail that is found on the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. It is a dull brown above, with grey under parts, and has a yellowish, downward-curving bill. </div><div align="justify">The identification of this bird are 44 cm long and large, plain, flightless rail. Dull brown upper parts, greyer under parts, dull yellow, long decurved bill, and short, horn-coloured legs.</div><div align="justify">This cryptic rail is only known from seventeen specimens taken between 1860 and 1890 on New Caledonia. This bird is supposed to live in evergreen forests and seems to have moved higher up on the island to escape introduced predators. Its diet consists of invertebrates, including earthworms. This bird was host to a species of parasite, the phtilopterid louse <i>Rallicola piageti</i> </div><div align="justify">A survey in 1998 produced no firm evidence from hunters or fieldwork about their population. However, many still believe it persists in small numbers. It is likely to have declined owing to predation by introduced species such as cats, pigs and rats which now occur throughout the island </div><div align="justify">. </div><div align="justify">.</div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-68867871422187855982011-02-04T09:03:00.001+07:002012-08-24T20:26:31.669+07:00Celebrating unique Caribbean Treasures–Birdlife of British Virgin Islands<div align="justify"><b>British Virgin Islands</b> Post issued the birdlife stamp series to celebrate unique <b>Caribbean Treasures</b> on year 2004. The stamp set comprised of 10 (ten) single stamps feature the <b>Warbler birds of Caribbean</b>.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><b>5c Black-and-white Warbler ( <i>Mniotilta varia</i> )</b><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Black-and-white Warbler</b> is perhaps the easiest warbler to identify with its distinctive nuthatch-like feeding strategy and contrasting black and white plumage.This species is 13 cm long and weighs 11 g. The summer male Black-and-white Warbler is boldly streaked in black and white, and the bird has been described as a flying humbug. There are two white wing bars. Female and juvenile plumages are similar, but duller and less streaked. </div><div align="justify">The breeding habitat is broadleaved or mixed woodland, preferably in wetter areas. <b>Black-and-white Warblers</b> nest on the ground, laying 4-5 eggs in a cup nest.This species is migratory, wintering in Florida, Central America and the West Indies down to Peru. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, mainly to Ireland and Great Britain. </div><div align="justify">These birds feed on insects and spiders, and unlike other warblers, <b>Black-and-white Warblers </b>forage like a nuthatch, moving up and down tree trunks and along branches. The song is a high <i>see wee-see wee-see wee-see wee-see wee-see</i>, and the call is a hard <i>tick</i>. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><b>10c Prairie Warbler ( <i>Dendroica discolor</i> )</b> </div><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TUoNx1OfeSI/AAAAAAAAAT4/GQEpNrPxzl4/s1600-h/brv200506l3.jpg"><img alt="brv200506l" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TUoNze9_3qI/AAAAAAAAAT8/E5gIFJcT-r8/brv200506l_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="brv200506l" width="292" /></a> <br />
<div align="justify">These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot below it. These birds have black legs, long tails, pale wing bars, and thin pointed bills. Coloring is duller in female and immatures. </div><div align="justify">Their breeding habitats are brushy areas and forest edges in eastern North America. The <b>Prairie Warbler's </b>nests are open cups, which are usually placed in a low area of a tree or shrub. </div><div align="justify">These birds are permanent residents in the southern parts of their range. Other birds migrate to northeastern Mexico and islands in the Caribbean.<b>Prairie Warblers </b>forage actively on tree branches, and sometimes fly around with the purpose of catching insects, which are the main food source of these birds. </div><div align="justify">These birds wag their tail feathers frequently. The numbers of these birds are declining due to habitat loss; this species also suffers from nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird.<br />
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<div align="justify">It breeds in much of Canada and the northeastern USA. It is migratory, wintering in the southeastern United States, eastern Central America, and the Caribbean. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe, and has wintered in Great Britain. </div><div align="justify">The summer male <b>Myrtle Warbler</b> has a slate blue back, and yellow crown, rump and flank patch. It has white tail patches, and the breast is streaked black. The female has a similar pattern, but the back is brown as are the breast streaks. </div><div align="justify">These birds are insectivorous, but will readily take wax-myrtle berries in winter, a habit which gives the species its name. Experienced birders recognize <b>Myrtle Warblers </b>with the naked eye by their flycatcher-like habit of making short circling flights from their perch in search of bugs. They form small flocks on migration or in winter. </div><div align="justify"> </div><b>25c Worm-eating Warbler (<i>Helmitheros vermivorum</i>)</b><br />
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The <b>Worm-eating Warbler</b> (<i>Helmitheros vermivorus</i>) is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus <i>Helmitheros</i>.It is 13 cm long and weighs 13 g. It is relatively plain with olive-brown upperparts and light-coloured underparts, but has black and light brown stripes on its head. It has a slim pointed bill and pink legs. In immature birds, the head stripes are brownish. <br />
This bird breeds in dense deciduous forests in the eastern United States, usually on wooded slopes. The nest is an open cup placed on the ground, hidden among dead leaves. The female lays 4 or 5 eggs. Both parents feed the young; they may try to distract predators near the nest by pretending to be injured. <br />
In winter, these birds migrate to southern Mexico and Central America. <br />
<b>Worm-eating Warblers</b> eat insects, usually searching in dead leaves or bark on trees and shrubs, also picking through dead leaves on the forest floor. Despite their name, they rarely if ever eat earthworms. <br />
<b>Worm-eating Warblers</b> have disappeared from some parts of their range due to habitat loss. They are vulnerable to nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird where forests are fragmented. <br />
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<b>35c American Yellow Warbler ( <i>Dendroica aestiva</i> )</b><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Yellow Warbler</b> (<b><i>aestiva</i> group)</b> consist of 6 subspecies breeds in the whole of temperate North America as far south as central Mexico in open, often wet, woods or shrub. It is migratory, wintering in Central and South America. They are very rare vagrants to western Europe. </div><div align="justify">Depending on subspecies, it may be between 10–18 cm long, with an average wingspan of about 20 cm .Their weight globally averaging about 16 g . The summer males of this group are generally the yellowest "warblers" wherever they occur. They are brilliant yellow below and golden-green above. There are usually a few wide washed-out rusty-red streaks on the breast and flanks. The breeding habitat of <b>Yellow Warblers </b>is typically riparian or otherwise moist land with ample growth of small trees, in particular willows (<i>Salix</i>). </div><div align="justify"> </div><b>40c Black-throated Blue Warbler (<i>Dendroica caerulescens)</i> </b><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Black-throated Blue Warbler</b>, <i>Dendroica caerulescens</i>, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Their breeding habitat is located in the interior of deciduous and mixed forests in eastern North America. Their nests are open cups placed in thick shrubs. Their close to ground nesting sites make the <b>Black Throated Blue Warbler </b>a favoured species for the study of warbler behaviour in the wild. </div><div align="justify">Adult males have white under parts with black throat, face and flanks; the upper parts are deep blue; immature males are similar with upper parts more greenish. Females have olive-brown upper parts and light yellow under parts with darker wings and tail, a grey crown and a brown patch on the cheek. All birds have a small white wing patch which is not always visible, and a thin pointed bill. Like many warblers, this bird has colourful plumage during the spring and summer, but its fall plumage is drab and less distinctive. In the fall, it can still be identified from other similar warblers by its small white wing patch. </div><div align="justify">These birds migrate to islands in the Caribbean and Central America. They defend their territory against other birds of the same species for both nesting and winter habitats. The <b>Black-throated Blue Warbler</b> is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. </div><div align="justify">These birds forage actively in low vegetation, sometimes hovering or catching insects in flight. <b>Blue-throated Black Warblers</b> often forage in one area for a while before moving on to the next. These birds mainly eat insects, including caterpillars and crane flies, and spiders. Seeds, berries and fruit may be added to their diets in winter.The population are declining due to the lost of habitat. They need large unbroken forest area for nesting. </div><div align="justify">The song of this bird is a buzzed <i>zee-zee-zee</i> with an upward inflection. The call is a flat <i>ctuk</i>. </div> <br />
<b>50c Prothonotary Warbler ( <i>Protonotaria citrea)</i></b> <br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Prothonotary Warbler</b> (<i>Protonotaria citrea</i>) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus <i>Protonotaria</i>.The Prothonotary Warbler is 13 cm long and weighs 12.5 g. It has an olive back with blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill and black legs. The adult male has a bright orange-yellow head; females and immature birds are duller and have a yellow head. In flight from below, the short, wide tail has a distinctive two-toned pattern that is white at the base and dark at the tip. </div><div align="justify">It breeds in hardwood Swamps in extreme southeastern Ontario and eastern United States. It is the only eastern warbler that nests in natural or artificial cavities, sometimes using old Downy Woodpecker holes. The male often builds several incomplete, unused nests in his territory; the female builds the real nest. It lays 3-7 eggs. It winters in the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. </div><div align="justify">The preferred foraging habitat is dense, woody streams, where the <b>Prothonotary Warbler</b> forages actively in low foliage, mainly for Insects and snails.These birds are declining in numbers due to loss of habitat. It is listed as Endangered in Canada. </div><div align="justify">The song of this bird is a simple, loud, ringing <i>sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet</i>. The call is a loud, dry chip, like that of a Hooded Warbler. Its flight call is a loud <i>seeep.</i> </div><div align="justify"><i></i> </div><b>60c Cape May Warbler (<i>Dendroica tigrina)</i> </b><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Cape May Warbler</b>, <i>Dendroica tigrina</i>, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding habitat spans across all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. </div><div align="justify">The summer male <b>Cape May Warbler </b>has a brown back, yellowish rump and dark brown crown. The underparts are yellow, streaked black, giving rise to the bird's scientific name. The throat and nape are bright yellow and the face is chestnut with a black eyestripe. There is a narrow white wing bar. </div><div align="justify">Other plumages resemble washed-out versions of the summer male, and, in particular, lack the strong head pattern. The yellowish rump and, at least indications of the white wing bar, are always present. </div><div align="justify">The breeding habitats of this bird is the edges of coniferous woodland. <b>Cape May Warblers </b>nest in dense foliage near the trunk of a conifer, commonly a Black Spruce, and lay 4-9 eggs in a cup nest. </div><div align="justify">This species is insectivorous. It picks insects up from the tips of conifer branches or flies out to catch insects in flight. The Cape May Warbler also feeds on berry juice and nectar in winter, and has, uniquely for a warbler, a tubular tongue to facilitate this action. </div><div align="justify">The song of the <b>Cape May Warbler</b> is a simple repetition of high <i>tsi</i> notes. The call is a thin <i>sip</i>. This bird usually sings from high perches. </div><div align="justify"> </div><b>75c Northern Parula (<i>Parula americana)</i> </b><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Northern Parula</b>, <i>Parula americana</i>, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida.This species is migratory, wintering in southern Florida, northern Central America, the West Indies and most of the Lesser Antilles. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. </div><div align="justify">The <b>Northern Parula </b>is 11 cm long and has mainly gray upper parts, with a greenish back patch and two white wing bars. The breast is yellowish shading into the white belly. The summer male has bluish and rufous breast bands and prominent white eye crescents. Females are duller and lack the breast bands. The breeding habitat is humid woodland with growths of Old Man's Beard lichen or Spanish moss. </div><div align="justify"><b>Northern Parulas</b> nest in trees in clumps of these mosses, laying 3-7 eggs in a scantily lined cup nest.These birds feed on insects and spiders. Their song is a click-like trill or buzz, <i>zeeeeee-yip</i>. Their call is a soft <i>chip</i>. </div><div align="justify"> </div><b>2.75$ Palm Warbler (<i>Dendroica palmarum)</i></b><br />
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<div align="justify">The <b>Palm Warbler</b>, <i>Dendroica palmarum</i>, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The rusty-capped Palm Warbler can be most easily recognized by the tail-wagging habit that shows off its yellow undertail. It breeds in open coniferous bogs and winters primarily in the southern United States and Caribbean.Their nests take the form of an open cup, usually situated on or near the ground in an open area. </div><div align="justify">These birds migrate to the southeastern United States, the Yucatán Peninsula, islands of the Caribbean, and eastern Nicaragua south to Panama to winter.Palm Warblers forage on the ground much more than other warblers, sometimes flying to catch insects. These birds mainly eat insects and berries. The song of this bird is a monotonous buzzy, trill. The call is a sharp <i>chek</i>. </div><div align="justify">The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status. </div><div align="justify">"<b>Yellow Palm-Warbler</b>" (<i><b>D. p. hypochrysea</b></i>) of the eastern third of the breeding range has brownish-olive upper parts and thoroughly yellow underparts with bold rufous breast and flank streaking. It migrates later in the fall than its western counterpart. </div><div align="justify">"<b>Western Palm-Warbler</b>" (<i><b>D. p. palmarum</b></i>) inhabits the remaining western two-thirds of the breeding range. It has much less yellow below, with less colorful streaking, and cold grayish-brown upper parts. </div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-11914803056194466292011-01-21T08:31:00.002+07:002012-08-24T20:27:00.819+07:00South Georgia & The South Sandwich Islands. Save Albatross– 2006<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TTjht55s1YI/AAAAAAAAATA/D9JQkZncVCY/s1600-h/sos200699l%5B8%5D.jpg"><img alt="sos200699l" height="308" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TTjhwXIZQGI/AAAAAAAAATE/N8zV1viR6u0/sos200699l_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="sos200699l" width="500" /></a><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><b>South Georgia</b> & <b>The</b> <b>South Sandwich Islands</b> has issued the birdlife stamp series concerning the theme of ” <i>Save Albatross </i>” on year 2006. The issuance presented in one souvenir sheet comprised of two stamp <b>Black-Browed Albatross</b> and <b>White-Chinned Petrel</b>, one set of 4 stamps featured <b>Black-Browed Albatross. White-Chinned Petrel, Southern Giant Petrel, Wandering Albatross</b>.</div><br />
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<b>Black Browed Albatross </b><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The Black-browed Albatross</b> is a medium-sized albatross, at 80–95 cm long with a 200–240 cm wingspan and an average weight of 2.9–4.7 kg . They can have a natural lifespan of over 70 years. It has a bright pink saddle and upper-wings that contrast with the orange, rump, and under-parts. </div><br />
<div align="justify">The under-wing is predominantly white with broad, irregular, black margins. It has a dark eyebrow and a yellow-orange bill with a darker reddish-orange tip.</div><div align="justify"><b>The Black-browed Albatross</b> is circumpolar in the southern oceans, and it breeds on 12 islands throughout the southern oceans. In the Atlantic Ocean, it breeds on the Falklands, Islas Diego Ramírez, and South Georgia.<b>The Black-browed Albatross</b> feeds on fish, squid, crustaceans, carrion, and fishery discards.<br />
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<b>White-Chinned Petrel</b><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The White-chinned Petrel </b>or <b><i>Procellaria aequinoctialis</i>,</b> is a large shearwater in the family Procellariidae and has<b> </b>averages 55 cm in length and black feet.. This large petrel is sooty-black and has some white on its throat and chin. Its primaries can have a silvery appearance underneath. Its bill may be horn or yellow with a black tip, and also black between the nostrils.</div><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The White-chinned Petrel </b>ranges around the Southern Oceans as far north as South Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds colonially on scattered islands.</div><div align="justify">Their diet is composed mainly of krill followed by fish. <b>The White-chinned Petrels</b> feed by surface seizing and by undertaking shallow dives,and they will readily follow ships to collect fisheries discards, making them vulnerable to long line fisheries.This birds high infant mortality rate and high loss of life due to long-line fisheries has caused the IUCN to classify it as<b> Vulnerable</b>. </div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wandering Albatross</b></span><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The Wandering Albatross</b>, or <b>Diomedea exulans</b>, is a largest seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. <b>The Wandering Albatross</b> has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between 2.51–3.50 m .The longest-winged examples verified have been about 3.7 m. </div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">As a result of its wingspan, it is capable of remaining in the air without beating its wings for several hours at a time (travelling 22 m for every meter of drop). The length of the body is about 107–135 cm .The adults have white bodies with black and white wings.</div><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Southern Giant Petrel</span></b><br />
<div align="justify">The <b>Southern Giant Petrel</b> (<i><b>Macronectes giganteus</b></i>), also known as the <b>Antarctic Giant Petrel</b>, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar <i>Northern Giant Petrel.</i> Adults of the two species can be <i>separated by the colour of their bill-tip: greenish in the Southern and reddish in the Northern</i>.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Southern Giant Petrel</b> is the largest of the Precellariidae and measures 86–99 cm with a wingspan of 185–205 cm . The male weighs approximately 5 kg and the female 3–8 kg . They have a very large yellow bill, with a green tip and greyish-brown legs.This Petrel will feed on krill, squid, and offal in coastal and pelagic waters, and unlike most other Procellariiformes, this bird will eat carrion and even attack smaller seabirds.</div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-19161590604756322942011-01-03T10:04:00.002+07:002012-08-24T20:27:32.977+07:00Owls of Belarus. Series of year 2007 . <br />
<div align="justify">On November 23, 2007 <b>Belarus Post</b> issued a set of 4 stamps “Owls of Belarus”. The series will continue on the following year 2008 with another species.The stamps featured the <b>Nothern Hawk-owl (surnia sula),</b> <b><span style="font-size: small;">Snowy Owl (<i>Bubo scandiacus)</i></span></b>, <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Short-eared Owl</b> ( <i><b>Asio flammeus</b>), and </i></span><b>Eurasian Pygmy Owl (G<i>laucidium passerinum</i>)</b> and have<b> </b>printed the logo of <b>Bird Life International</b>. </div><div align="justify"> </div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Northern Hawk-Owl</b> <b>( <i>Surnia ulula)</i></b></span><br />
<div align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8O9ny_6I/AAAAAAAAASI/qxHwr49yCaA/s1600-h/bel200708l%5B34%5D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="bel200708l" height="374" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8QLwJt_I/AAAAAAAAASM/CUTmbO3276Q/bel200708l_thumb%5B32%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; float: left;" title="bel200708l" width="260" /></a><b>The Northern Hawk Owl</b> is a non-migratory bird that stays within its breeding range.This bird lays 3-7 white eggs in large tree cavities or nests abandoned by other large birds.It will also nest on cliffsides . It is found in the boreal forests of North America and Eurasia, usually on the edges of more open woodland.</div><div align="justify">The Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) is a medium sized owl. The term "hawk" refers to its falcon-like wing shape and long tail. This bird is 35-43 cm long with a 69-82 cm wingspan. It has a rounded head with yellow eyes, dark brown upperparts and barred underparts and tail.It is the only living species in the genus Surnia. </div> <br />
This is a partially nocturnal owl, which hunts voles and birds like thrushes. It waits on a perch and takes advantage of its rapid flight to overtake prey. The Hawk Owl has exceptional hearing and can plunge into snow to capture rodents below the surface.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Snowy Owl (<i>Bubo scandiacus)</i></span></b> <br />
<div align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8SKVMc2I/AAAAAAAAASQ/0uIosZnWov4/s1600-h/bel200709l%5B4%5D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="bel200709l" height="369" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8ToODSnI/AAAAAAAAASU/EodHqf31qL8/bel200709l_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; float: left;" title="bel200709l" width="260" /></a><b>The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)</b> is a large owl of the family Strigidae. This species nests on the ground, building a scrape on top of a mound or boulder.Snowy Owls winter south through Canada and northernmost Eurasia, with irruptions occurring further south in some years. </div>This yellow-eyed, black billed white bird is easily recognizable. The distinguished size are 52–71 cm long with a 125–150 cm wingspan. These birds can weigh from 1.6–3 kilograms . <br />
<div align="justify">The adult male is virtually pure white, but females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are heavily barred, and dark spotting may even predominate. Its thick plumage, heavily-feathered taloned feet, and coloration render. </div><div align="justify"><b>The Snowy Owl</b> well-adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle.They feed on a wide variety of small mammals such as meadow voles and deer mice, but will take advantage of larger prey, frequently following traplines to find food. </div><div align="justify"><b>Snowy Owl</b> calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking <i>krek-krek</i>; the female also has a softer mewling <i>pyee-pyee</i> or <i>prek-prek</i>. The song is a deep repeated <i>gawh</i>. </div><div align="justify">Environmental conditions also cause local threats of food shortages, but their ability to be mobile permits them to move to areas where supplies may be more sufficient.Human activities probably pose the greatest danger to these birds, through collisions with power lines, fences, automobiles, or other structures that impose on their natural habitat. </div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Short-eared Owl</b> ( <i><b>Asio flammeus</b>)</i></span> <br />
<div align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8VKbdljI/AAAAAAAAASY/b2Mg3_5caDA/s1600-h/bel200710l%5B4%5D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="bel200710l" height="369" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8WbwR_tI/AAAAAAAAASc/zRHAMN8-BuY/bel200710l_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; float: left;" title="bel200710l" width="260" /></a><b>The</b> <b>Short-eared Owl</b> (<i><b>Asio flammeus</b></i>) is a species of typical owl (family Strigidae). Owls belonging to genus <i>Asio</i> are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may not be visible.This ear will display when in a defensive pose. </div><div align="justify"><b>Asio flammeus,</b> <b>the Short-eared Owl,</b> is a medium-sized owl averaging 34–43 cm in length and weighing 206–475 grams. Wingspans range from 85 to 103 cm. It has large eyes, big head, short neck, and broad wings. Its bill is short, strong, hooked and black. Its plumage is mottled tawny to brown with a barred tail and wings. The upper breast is significantly streaked. Females are slightly larger than males. </div><div align="justify">The yellow-orange eyes of <b>Short-eared Owl</b> are exaggerated by black rings encircling each eye, giving the appearance of them wearing Mascara, and large, whitish disks of plumage surrounding the eyes like a mask.</div><div align="justify">The <b>Short-eared Owl</b> occurs on all continents except Antarctica and Australia. They breed in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. It is partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. </div><div align="justify">Hunting occurs mostly at night, but this owl is diurnal and crepuscular as well as nocturnal. Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, its preferred prey.</div><div align="justify">The <b>Short-eared Owl</b> nests on the ground in prairie, tundra, savanna, or meadow habitats. Nests are concealed by low vegetation, and may be lightly lined by weeds, grass, or feathers . Approximately 4 to 7 white eggs are found in a typical clutch. Sexual maturity is attained at one year. These owls are generally monogamous. </div><div align="justify">It is listed as declining in the southern portion of its range. It is listed as of special concern, threatened, or endangered in some states and common in northern portion of breeding range. </div> <br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Eurasian Pygmy Owl (G<i>laucidium passerinum</i>)</span></b><br />
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<div align="justify"><b>The Eurasian Pygmy Owl, <i>Glaucidium passerinum,</i></b> is the smallest owl in Europe<b>. </b>Female owls are generally bigger than the males. The length of the males is about 15.2 to 17cm and the length of females is from 17.4 to 19cm </div><div align="justify"><b>The Eurasian Pygmy Owl</b> is usually red tinged to a grayish-brown with dots on his/her back. The pygmy owl has a small, short head with white to gray eyebrows and yellow eyes. There is a white half collar on the back of the neck. The belly is mostly white with brown speckles. The beak is a grayish yellow and hook shaped. The legs and toes are a brownish-yellow with black talons. .</div><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The Eurasian Pygmy Owl</b> can be found in Northern and Central Europe, and east to Siberia.They can be found primarily in coniferous forests of the boreal zone and higher mountainous regions with coniferous and mixed forests. These areas generally have cooler temperatures and higher rainfall than nearby lowland regions. </div><div align="justify"><b>Eurasian Pygmy Owls'</b> nest sites are often surrounded by moist or swampy land, in groups of young spruces with a water source nearby. They nest in tree cavities, usually being old woodpecker holes.<b>Eurasian Pygmy Owls</b> are serially monogamous, meaning that they only have one mate at a time; therefore, the two owls may pair for more than one breeding season </div><div align="justify">The diet of the <b>Eurasian Pygmy Owl</b> includes mostly small vertebrate mammals like voles, lemmings, and mice. They may also catch small birds like thrushes, crossbills, chaffinches, and leaf-warblers.</div><div align="justify">The sheet-let comprised of 2 sets of 4 stamps and FDC (First Day Cover) have issued together.</div><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8fW65g7I/AAAAAAAAASo/LWADB9nJjzg/s1600-h/image%5B44%5D.png"><img alt="image" height="342" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSE8lJ_bTcI/AAAAAAAAASs/bMJmR3u5K20/image_thumb%5B38%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="image" width="450" /></a><br />
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<div align="justify">Special postmark and FDC designed by O. Suzko.</div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092233972203462335.post-87726832030848835862011-01-03T07:53:00.002+07:002012-08-24T20:27:56.444+07:00Owls–Another Birds of Belarus 2008.<div align="justify">On December22,2008 the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Belarus will issue the set of 4 stamps “Birds of Belarus. Owls”prepared by the Publishing Centre “Marka” of the EUR “Belpochta”. The stamps are printed the logo of BLI, Bird Life International.</div><br />
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<div align="justify"><b>The Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)</b> is a species of eagle owl resident in much of Europe and Asia. It is also one of the largest types of owls.<b>The Eurasian Eagle-owl</b> is a large and powerful bird which has a wingspan of 138–200 cm and measures 58–73 cm long.</div><div align="justify">It mainly feeds on small mammals, but can kill prey up to the size of foxes and young deer.The call of the Eagle Owl is a deep resonant “ooh-hu” with emphasis on the first syllable for the male, and a more high-pitched uh-Hu for the female.</div><div align="justify">The size, ear tufts and orange eyes make this a distinctive species. It has a strong direct flight. The ear tufts of males are more upright than those of females.The horned owls are a part of the larger grouping of owls known as the typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. </div><div align="justify"><b>The Eurasian Eagle-owl</b> is largely nocturnal and is found in mountains and forests with cliffs and rocky areas, usually nesting on cliff ledges. They live for around 20 years although like many other bird species in captivity they can live much longer, perhaps up to 60 years.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Little Owl</b></span><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The Little Owl (Athene noctua)</b> is a bird which is resident in much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa.</div><div align="justify">The Little Owl is a small owl, 23-27.5 cm in length. The adult Little Owl is white-speckled brown above, and brown-streaked white below. It has a large head, long legs, and yellow eyes, and its white “eyebrows” give it a stern expression.</div><div align="justify">There are 13 recognized races of Little owl spread across Europe and Asia. The Little Owl was sacred to the goddess Athena, from whom it gets the generic name.</div><div align="justify">This is a sedentary species which is found in open country such as mixed farmland and parkland. It takes prey such as insects, earthworms, amphibians, but also small birds and mammals. It becomes more vocal in nights as the breeding season approaches. Nest location varies based on the habitat, nests being found in holes in trees, rocks, cliffs, river banks, walls, buildings etc.</div><br />
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<b>Common Scops Owl or European Scops Owl</b><br />
<div align="justify">The<b> European Scops Owl (Otus scops),</b> or just called as <b>Scops Owl</b>, is a small owl with size of 19–21 centimetres length and a 47–54 centimetres wingspan. It is not as large as the Little Owl.</div><div align="justify">This bird breeds in southern Europe eastwards into western and central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in southernmost Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. </div><br />
<div align="justify">The <b>European Scops Owl</b> is nocturnal owl would be found outside the breeding season when it is not calling.It breeds in open woodland, parks and gardens. It lays 3-6 eggs in a tree hole.It takes small prey such as insects and other invertebrates. </div><div align="justify">The <b>Scops Owl</b> perches upright and shows small ear tufts. It is predominantly grey-brown in colour, with paler face, underparts and shoulder line. This species has a strong direct flight on long narrow wings, reflecting its migratory habits. The call is a deep whistle given by both sexes.</div><br />
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<b>Ural Owl</b><br />
<div align="justify"><b>The Ural Owl</b> is smaller than the Great Grey Owl, and much larger than the Tawny Owl, which it superficially resembles.<b>The Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)</b> is a medium-large nocturnal owl of the genus Strix. This bird have 15 subspecies found in Europe and northern Asia.Sexes are similar, with no seasonal variation. Size: 50–59 cm; Wingspan: Male 115 cm, female 125 cm; Weight: Male 540-730 g, female 720-1200 g.</div><div align="justify">The Ural Owl feeds on rodents and medium-sized to large birds. Distinguishing features from the Great Grey Owl are the pale, buffish grey-brown plumage, with copious dark brown streaking on the back, back of the head and underparts. It has a round head with plain buffish-grey facial discs, orange-yellow bill and small black eyes. The tail is long and wedge-shaped, with dark barring on the uppertail, and the wings are rounded. Flight is direct and purposeful, recalling that of the Common Buzzard. </div><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSEdWcaVeuI/AAAAAAAAARs/ZjUNX-rUJwA/s1600-h/image%5B48%5D.png"><img alt="image" height="424" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I-Td3F6JpG4/TSEdc5EPixI/AAAAAAAAARw/1Qhd5cBLtSY/image_thumb%5B28%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="image" width="300" /></a><br />
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</div><div align="justify">The quantity of <b>house sparrows</b> is diminishing in Europe. And it has become less in Belarus too. That is why Belarus organization "Protection Homeland Birds" declared the <b>house sparrow</b> as the <i>bird of the year of 2003</i>.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>House Sparrow</b> <b>(Passer domesticus</b>) is a species of passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia. It has also been intentionally or accidentally introduced to many parts of the world, making it the most widely distributed wild bird. It is strongly associated with human habitations, but it is not the only sparrow species found near houses. It is a small bird, with feathers mostly different shades of brown and grey.<br />
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</div><div align="justify">The <b>House Sparrow</b> is a chunky bird typically about 16 centimetres long, ranging from 14–18 centimetres. It has a large rounded head, a short tail, and a stout bill.In weight, the House Sparrow generally ranges from 24–39.5 grams.The plumage of the House Sparrow is mostly different shades of grey and brown. The sexes differ, with females and juveniles mostly buff, and the male marked with bold colours.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>House Sparrow</b> is a very social bird. It is gregarious at all seasons when feeding, often forming flocks with other types of bird. It also roosts communally, its nests are usually grouped together in clumps, and it engages in a number of social activities, such as dust and water bathing, and "social singing", in which birds call together in bushes.the House Sparrow mostly feeds on the seeds of cereals and weeds.</div><div align="justify"><br />
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Special postmark and FDC designed by A. Mityanin. A special cancellation on FDCs have carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamp issuing day.<br />
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</div><div align="justify"><b>Strix nebulosa </b> is a very large owl, distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. They breed in North America from as far east as Quebec to the Pacific coast and Alaska, and from Finland and Estonia across northern Asia. They are permanent residents, but may move south and southeast when food is scarce. <b>Strix nebulosa </b>rely almost fully upon small rodents, with voles being their most important food source.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">Their breeding habitat is the dense coniferous forests of the taiga, near open areas, such as meadows or bogs. <b>Strix nebulosa </b>do not build nests, so typically use nests previously used by a large bird, such as a raptor. They will also nest in broken-topped trees and cavities in large trees. Nesting may occur from March to May. Four eggs are the usual clutch size.<br />
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</div><div align="justify">There are logos of the International organization of birds protection “Bird Life International” and of Belarus organization “Protection of Belarus Birds ” on the stamps.</div><div align="justify"><br />
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Special cancellation: a special cancellation on FDC have carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamp issuing day.Special postmark and FDC designed by A. Mityanin.<br />
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On March 31, 2004 <b>Belarus Post </b>issued the stamp from the series “A bird of the year” dedicated to the <b>House Martin</b>. The stamp is issued under the aegis of the International organization of birds protection “BirdLife International” and Belarus organization “Ahova ptushak Belarusi” (APB “Protection of Belarus Birds”).</div>
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The<b> Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum)</b>, sometimes called the Northern House Martin or, particularly in Europe, just House Martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia.<br />
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It feeds on insects which are caught in flight, and it migrates to climates where flying insects are plentiful. It has a blue head and upperparts, white rump and pure white underparts, and is found in both open country and near human habitation.<br />
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The preferred habitat of the <b>Common House Martin</b> is open country with low vegetation, such as pasture, meadows and farmland, and preferably near water, although it is also found in mountains up to at least 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) altitude.<br />
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The <b>Common House Martin</b> is a migrant which moves on a broad-front.While migrating they feed in the air on insects and they generally travel in daylight, although some birds may move at night.The <b>Common House Martin</b> is a noisy species, especially at its breeding colonies. The male's song, given throughout the year, is a soft twitter of melodious chirps. The contact call, also given on the wintering grounds, is a hard <i>chirrrp</i>, and the alarm is a shrill <i>tseep.</i><br />
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It is hunted by the Eurasian Hobby (<i>Falco subbuteo</i>), and like other birds is affected by internal parasites and external fleas and mites, but its large range and population mean that it is not threatened globally.<br />
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The issuance of stamp is sheetlet comprised of seven stamps with one picture of <b>the House Martin or Delichon Urbica</b>.Each stamps have logo of the Birdlife International and logo of the Protection of Belarus Bird.</div>
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Special cancellation: a special cancellation on FDCs has been carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamp issuing day.Special postmark and FDC designed by A. Mityani.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Lapwing </b>is one of the most well known sandpipers in Belarus.The Protection of Homeland Birds fund declared <b>the lapwing</b> as a bird of the year 2006.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Lapwing </b>or The <b>Northern Lapwing</b> (<i><b>Vanellus vanellus</b></i>), also known as the <b>Peewit, Green Plover</b> , is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia. It is highly migratory over most of its extensive range, wintering further south as far as north Africa, northern India, Pakistan, and parts of China. It migrates mainly by day, often in large flocks. Lowland breeders in westernmost areas of Europe are resident.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Lapwing </b>is a 28–31 cm long bird with a 67–72 cm wingspan. It has rounded wings and a crest. It is the shortest-legged of the lapwings. It is mainly black and white, but the back is tinted green. Females and young birds have narrower wings, and have less strongly-marked heads, but plumages are otherwise quite similar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Lapwings </b>hibernate in France. They usually come flying to Belarus at the end of February. The female lapwing looks like the male in colour; they are dutiful in the process of incubation and are very protective; vigilant and ready to tackle any predators. <b>Lapwings</b> are birds that nest in open dry countryside and in fallow lands. The clutch has always four eggs. 3–4 eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders. <b>Lapwings </b>begin to migrate for hibernation from the end of May until October. About 100.000 pairs usually build their nests in Belarus. The population of <b>lapwings</b> decreases almost in all countries of Europe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This sheet-let comprised of seven stamps with background of the nature. The stamp has printed the logo of <b>Birdlife International</b> and logo of the Protection of Homeland Birds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Another issued is FDC ( First day cover) depicted the eggs and young bird.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The<b> Black Noddy</b> or <b>White-capped Noddy</b> (<b>Anous minutus)</b> is a seabird from the tern family.It is smaller than the Common Noddy with darker plumage, a whiter cap, a longer, straighter beak and shorter tail. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Black Noddy</b> has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas, with colonies widespread in the Pacific Ocean and more scattered across the Caribbean, central Atlantic and in the northeast Indian Ocean. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The nests of these birds consist on a level platform, often created in the branches of trees by a series of dried leaves covered with bird droppings. It is usually seen close to its breeding colonies within 80 km of shore. Birds return to colonies, or other islands, in order to roost at night. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion.For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. </div> <br />
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</div><div align="justify">The <b>Madeiran Storm-petrel</b>, <i>Oceanodroma castro</i>, is of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae and has distinctive characteristic is mainly black with an extensive white rump with the forked tail, long wings, and flight behaviour.The measured size is 19-21 cm in length with a 43-46 cm wingspan, and weights 44-49g. </div><div align="justify"><b>The Madeiran Storm-petrel</b> <b>Oceanodroma castro</b> breeds in the eastern Atlantic from the Berlengas Islands and the Azores (<b>Portugal</b>), down to Ascension Island and Saint Helena (<b>St Helena to UK</b>), and in the Pacific off eastern <b>Japan</b>, on Kauai, Hawaii (<b>USA</b>) and on the Galapagos Islands.<br />
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</div><div align="justify">It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg. It spends the rest of the year at sea.This storm-petrel is strictly nocturnal at the breeding sites to avoid predation by gulls and skuas, and will even avoid coming to land on clear moonlit nights. Like most petrels, its walking ability is limited to a short shuffle to the burrow.</div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><div align="justify">The <b>Masked Booby</b>, <i><b>Sula dactylatra</b></i>, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic.The <b>Masked Booby</b> nests in small colonies, laying two chalky white eggs on sandy beaches in shallow depressions, which are incubated by both adults for 45 days.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Masked Booby</b> is the largest booby, at 81–91 cm long, and with a 152 cm wingspan and 1500 g weight. Adults are white with pointed black wings, a pointed black tail, and a dark grey facemask.Masked Boobies are spectacular divers, plunging diagonally into the ocean at high speed. They mainly eat small fish, including flying fish.</div><div align="justify"><br />
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</div><div align="justify"><b>The Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus</b> (formerly <b>Sterna fuscata</b>), is a seabird of the tern family (Sternidae). It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone.<b>The Sooty Tern </b>is migratory and dispersive, wintering more widely through the tropical oceans.The <b>Sooty Terns</b> are generally found inland only after severe storms.</div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b>Sooty Tern</b> is a large tern with size of 33–36 cm long and wing span about 82–94 cm . The wings and deeply forked tail are long, and it has dark black upper-parts and white under-parts. It has black legs and bill. </div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">Sooty Terns breed in colonies on rocky or coral islands. It nests in a ground scrape or hole and lays one to three eggs.The average life span is 32 years.</div>Birdlife International Stampshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161725410704530752noreply@blogger.com0