China- Raptors 2014

A fine set of raptors from China- Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Australia- Song Birds 2009

What a thrill it was to receive the full set of beautiful Australian songbirds 2009 set on cover recently. Clearly postmarked from Ouyen in Victoria. I've seen all these birds in various locations in Australia and know their calls. I am surprised the Green catbird was included as their call is more like a cat with a sore throat than a song.
Green Catbird   (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
Noisy Scrubbird  (Atrichornis clamosus)
Mangrove Golden Whistler (Pachycephala melanura)

Scarlet Myzomela   ( Myzomela sanguinolenta)

USA-Blue Hummingbird

Here is a blue-tinted, highly stylized, digital image of a hummingbird on a self-adhesive stamp from the USA which is the new postcard rate of 34 cents

Taiwan- Swinhoe's Pheasant

I was lucky enough to receive another set of the new birds from Taiwan, and here you see the se-tenant block of four with their own family pictorial postmark.

Taiwan-Swinhoe's Pheasant

Taiwan started the  Conservation of Birds  series in 2008 with the Blue Magpie.  The next  addition to the series is the endemic Swinhoe's Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii) issued on February 20, 2014.
British ornithologist and naturalist, Robert Swinhoe (1836-77) first described the species on 1862. He is also known for describing 16 other species from Formosa.
This delightful real posted FDC with the first day postmark and ordinary CDS,has the courting couple on the souvenir sheet and  the se-tenant block of four shows the family with chicks.

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Brasil -

In 2002 to commemorate the Preservation of the Caatinga Nordestina  here is the  White-browed Guan  (Penelope jacucaca) - a bird endemic to this region and endangered due to habitat loss and hunting. Posted on 13-12- 13 from Brasil.

Italy 2014 - Boreal Owl

The latest bird stamps from Italy are five "Birds of the Alps". Here is the small Boreal Owl  (Aegolius funereus) from that set. Postmarked in Borromeo , Milan