This sheet of 25 shows 26 species of bird on 8 stamps. The names of most are given in Spanish, though some are difficult to read, being in black on a very dark background. Seven of the birds are new to my collection. Three species have featured previously on Mexican stamps, Elegant Tern, Osprey and Greater Flamingo.
| A | B | C | D | E |
| F | G | H | I | J |
Stamp positions on the sheet. Click here to see
the top two rows of the sheet (70Kb).
| Stamp position
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Howard & Moore | Name on Stamp | English Name | Scientific Name | *=new for me |
| A | 16004 | bobo patas azules | Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |
| 19003 | fregata comun | Magnificent Frigate Bird | Fregata magnificens | ||
| 57034 | Killdeer Plover | Charadrius vociferus | |||
| 62006 | gaviota | Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | * | |
| 64011 | mérgulo de craveri | Craveri's Murrelet | Brachyramphus hypoleucus | * | |
| B | 10006 | albatros | Laysan Albatross | Diomedea immutabilis | * |
| 62000 | gaviota aplomada | Gull sp | Larus sp | ||
| D | 20042 | garza melenuda | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | |
| 20049 | garza blanca | Great Egret | Egretta alba | ||
| 24033 | Roseate Spoonbill | Ajaia ajaja | |||
| 25001 | flamenco | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | ||
| 29001 | aguila pescadora | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| E | 17002 | cormoran | Olivaceous Cormorant | Phalacrocorax olivaceus | * |
| 23014 | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | |||
| 25001 | flamenco | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | ||
| F | 52001 | ostrero | Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
| 57030 | tildío | Semi-palmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | ||
| 58031 | vuelvepiedras | Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ||
| 63001 | golondrina elegante (whoops!) | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | ||
| G | 62006 | gaviota aplomada | Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | |
| 62019 | gaviota | Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | * | |
| 62082 | golondrina elegante | Elegant Tern | Sterna elegans | ||
| I | 15008 | pelecano café | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
| 25001 | flamenco | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | ||
| 30157 | aguililla canela | Fishing Buzzard | Busarellus nigricollis | * | |
| 84007 | martin pescador | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | ||
| J | 20017 | garza tigre | Bare-throated Tiger Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | * |
| 24022 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |||
| 24033 | espátula rosada | Roseate Spoonbill | Ajaia ajaja | ||
| 49007 | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa |
