Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) |
Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) |
Snowy Cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus) |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) |
Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) |
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) |
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) |
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) |
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) |
Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda) |
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This set of 13 reminds me of the Grenada set of definitives issued in 2000 which showed birds mostly not found in Grenada. In this set, 7 species occur in Dominica, but 4 of them have appeared on earlier stamps from the island. Snowy Cotinga is new on stamps, but is from Central America. According to Linn's, there are two more high values $10, red-footed booby (Sula sula); $20, sooty tern (Sterna fuscata). PS added 16 September 2002: In July 2002, Dominica issued a sheet of 6 stamps and a MS using some of the same bird images, but in different surroundings. Somebody might give up the hobby as a result of this exploitation! |
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