New bird stamps found on the web

This page is for listing stamps I am aware of and may need. Some are found on official sites, while others are listed on dealers' sites.
If you know of new bird stamps not listed here, please let me know!
Latest additions: Philippines, Czech Rep. updated, SPM updated, Liberia updated, Argentina, Monaco, Alderney
Expected laterupdated
Country Detail Date of Issue Status Source of information
SPM Harlequin Duck: single featuring Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). 25 June 2008 Reminder Correspondent in France
USA
updated
Flags of the Nation: the first of 6 issues over 3 years, featuring 10 stamps. The Arkansas stamp has Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). 14 June 2008 Thumb down Virtual Stamp Club
Christmas Is. 50 Years as an Australian Territory: set with one featuring Abbott's Booby (Sula abbotti) . 10 June 2008 Thumb down Australia Post and a correspondent in France
Austria Fauna: 2 stamps with one featuring "Wiedehopf" - Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) . 2 June 2008 Reminder Austria Post
Czech Rep. Trebonsko fauna: sheet with 4 stamps featuring Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Greylag Goose (Anser anser) and Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) . 28 May 2008 Reminder Czech correspondent
Monaco
New
Prince Albert II Foundation: single featuring Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) and Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata) . 16 May 2008 Reminder Correspondent in France
Alderney
New
Resident Raptors: 6 stamps featuring Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) with Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus), Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Northern Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) and Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) with probable Rock Pigeon (Columba livia). 15 May 2008 Reminder Guernsey Post's Philatelic News for May 2008
Switzerland Birds: 3 stamps featuring Grey-faced Woodpecker (Picus canus), Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) and Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus). Image 8 May 2008 Reminder Swiss Post
SPM
updated
Bird: single featuring Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), 30 April 2008 Reminder SPM Philately
Argentina
New
Mercosur: indigenous birds: pair featuring Long-tailed Meadowlark (Sturnella loyca) and Saffron-cowled Blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus). 26 April 2008 Reminder Argentine PA
Fiji Parrots: 4 stamps each featuring a sub-species of Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis). April 2008 Reminder Truls Hansen International Group
SPM La Dune de Langlade: pair joined by a label featuring probable Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) and Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris). 26 March 2008 Reminder Correspondent in France and Philately of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Czech Rep.
updated
Komenský Orbis Pictus: single with a globe featuring the alphabet with two of the letters being illustrated by birds. One is obviously Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) representing the letter "D". This page explains that the creatures represent the sound of the associated letters, and that the "A" is a crow, most probably Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix). 19 March 2008 Thumb down Czech PA
Namibia Weaver Birds of Namibia: 5 stamps. Species will be Thick-billed weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons), Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps), White-browed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali), Southern Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus) and Social Weaver (Philetairus socius) 28 February 2008 Reminder Nampost and a correspondent in Namibia
Austria Fauna: 2 stamps with one featuring " Eisvogel" - Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). 25 February 2008 Tick Austria Post
Philippines
New
Asean International Stamp Exhibition: 14 stamps with the same designs as some issued in last year's definitives, but all with face value of 7 pesos. ???? 2008 Thumb down Ebay
Liberia
updated
Birds of Africa: 4 stamps featuring Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura), Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor), African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) and Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)*. There is also a sheet with 4 stamps featuring White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)*, Parasitic Weaver (Anomalospiza imberbis), Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)), and Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani). Additionally, there is a MS with Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)*. Update: there is also another sheet of 4 featuring Red-billed Francolin (Francolinus adspersus)*, Rufous-crowned Roller (Coracias naevia), African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus) and Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegala). Another MS features Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)* while yet another has Ostrich (Struthio camelus)*.
Species marked * are not normally found in Liberia.
???? 2007 Reminder Truls Hansen International Group and Marlen Stamps.
Malawi SAPOA: National Animals 5 stamps with the Buffalo having Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on its neck. Other countries involved in this joint issue include Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 9 October 2007 Reminder Southern African Birds on Stamps.
Ghana Definitives? - these 2 stamps have turned up in a collector's mixture of used stamps. They feature Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) and Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). If any one has any information about this issue, let me know!. Update 28/3/08: A correspondent has sent me a scan of 6 stamps postmarked 21 Dec 2007. ???? Reminder Correspondent in France
Last Updated
6 May 2008
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