Bird stamps of Italy
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  1946 Air Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  1954 Resistance movement Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii  1978 Environmental protection 4v set Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  1984 Nature protection 4v set
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  1984 Nature protection 4v set Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba  1984 Nature protection 4v set Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  1985 Nature protection 4v set Black Swan Cygnus atratus  1985 Roma 85 5v sheet
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus  1991 Nature protection 4v set Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  1995 Birds Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus  1995 Birds Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  1995 Birds
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis  1995 Birds Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  1996 Eugenio Montale Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  1996 Christmas 2v set Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis  1999 Europa 1999: National parks 2v set White Stork Ciconia ciconia  2001 Nature protection 4v set
Not identified Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2007 Regions 4v set European Herring Gull Larus argentatus  2011 Emilio Salgari Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta  2013 Birds of the Alps
Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus  2013 Birds of the Alps Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus  2013 Birds of the Alps Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus  2013 Birds of the Alps Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus  2013 Birds of the Alps
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2014 Tourism 5v set, sa Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  2015 Fernet-Branca, Lavazza, Caffarel 3v set, sa Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  2015 Liberation sa Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  2015 Philately Day sa
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata  2019 Europa sa European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  2019 Europa sa
Italy map

Location: Southern Europe
Population: 58.1 million
Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands

Birds: 516 species

Links:
Poste Italiane postal administration website
Where do you want to go birding today?
Eugenio Montale web search
Toscano national park - web search -  image search -  map search



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis


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