Portugal-African Grey Parrot

Birds from vending machines. First issued in 2000 from a set of  four designs featuring pets  is this African Grey Parrot  (Psittacus erithacus)

USA- Blue Hummingbird

Another stylized Blue hummingbird flew in this week on a multi theme cover :) Not only that, two of the stamps were not cancelled

Mexico- Mountain Trogon

This  beautiful bird, Trogon Mexicanus ( Mountain Trogon) inhabits subtropical and tropical montane forests1000 meters abs. Stamp issued 1981, rather late usage but still valid for posting.

Ghana - Fire-crowned bishop

IN 1959 Ghana issued a set of defintive stamps with four different birds, one of them being the Black-winged Red Bishop  (Euplectes hordeaceus) which was also used on postal stationary such as this aerogram for the international postage rate of 6d at that time. The aerogram was sent from Tsito in Ghana to Sweden in 1960.  I am unable to find Tsito on Google maps, so I chose the closest place Volta.

Singapore - Crimson Sunbird

From a  Fauna/flora definitive set first issued in 2007, a huge flock of  Crimson Sunbirds   (Aethopyga siparaja) flew in from the official opening day of the Raffles Place Post office, Singapore. The sunbird is the lowest denomination of the set which ranged from 5c to $10.
The stamps on these covers are from the second printings "C"

China- Northern Goshawk

 Last of this attractive series is the second 1.50y stamp featuring a Northern Goshawk  ( Accipiter gentilis). A species in the Accipiter genus, the goshawk is often considered a true "hawk".

China-Common Kestrel

The  Common Kestrel  (Falco tinnunculus) is widespread throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Northern America. A fast flying bird of the falcon family, small in size compared to other falcons but larger than most sonbirds. They feed on small vertebrates, a favorite being voles, but will prey on small birds if voles are unavailable .