Mali- Common Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis )

Common Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis

) to commemorate the 200th anniversary of John James Audubon

Nigeria-Blue breasted kingfisher

Blue breasted Kingfisher cancelled at Kaduna , Nigeria 1969

Australia-Kakadu Birds 1997

Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
Little Kingfisher    (Ceyx pusillus)
 Brolga    (Grus rubicunda)

Black-necked Stork    (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)

Singapore-Our Garden in a City

A set of four very colorful attractive stamps from Singapore to highlight the many flowers and birds which can be found on this highly urbanized and well organized island state.
The birds are
1st Local-Collared kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris)
50c-Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) & Oriental Pied Hornbill ( Anthacoceros albirostris)
80c-Oriental Magpie robin ( Copychus saularis
$1.10-Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Singapore- Kingfisher & Fruit Dove

Thanks to Eddie for this very nice cover from Singapore. The 80 cent  Jambu fruit Dove stamps are from the 2010 Flora and Fauna set and the White Collared kingfisher ( and Diving beetle) are from the 2011 Pond Life series.
Sent registered and postmarked in Killiney Road, Singapore.

Switzerland-Kingfisher 1966

This is the first bird stamp produced by Switzerland , 1966 River Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) for a publicity issue for the Preservation of Natural Beauty. Other names for this bird are Common Kingfisher and Eurasian kingfisher. Postmarked in Zurich, its a very colorful and popular bird seen on more than 100 different stamps.

Australia-Red-backed Kingfisher

A self-adhesive Red-backed kingfisher from Bright in Victoria which is close to the ski-fields, hence the slogan postmark.

Australia- Kakadu Birds

Stamp collectors never finish their sorting and arranging and writing up their collections. Rewards  can come  from  sorting out packets and here is todays' surprise. Great clear postmark from Tasmania, in fact the first Tasmanian postmark to get on the map http://g.co/maps/tpjra . Australia is a very large continent, Kakadu is in the very far north compared to Tassie which is as far south as you can go

 Stamps are  from the 1997 series  Kakadu  Birds . Little Kingfisher ( Ceyx pusillus)  Brolga ( Grus rubicunda)   Comb-crested Jacana  ( Irediparra gallinacea )

GB- Four birds on one cover

From my good friend in Birmingham comes this neat arrangement of four birds on one cover.
First is the 1977  9p Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix), next to the elegant  2007 Pied Avocet   ( Recurvirostra avosetta). There's a 30 year age gap between these two !!!. Below them are a pair from the
1980 Wild Bird Protection series , White- throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) and the Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)