Bird stamps of French Polynesia
White Tern Gygis alba  1980 Birds Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana  1980 Birds Great Frigatebird Fregata minor  1980 Birds Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii  1981 Birds
Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus  1981 Birds Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild  1981 Birds Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra  1982 Birds Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva  1982 Birds
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax  1982 Birds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra  1985 International youth year Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis  1990 Birds Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina  1990 Birds
Niau Kingfisher Todiramphus gertrudae  1991 Protected birds Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii  1991 Protected birds Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  1993 Taipei 93 Rapa Fruit Dove Ptilinopus huttoni  1995 Unique birds of the world Marquesan Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata  1995 Unique birds of the world
Red-footed Booby Sula sula  1996 Marine birds of Polynesia Great Frigatebird Fregata minor  1996 Marine birds of Polynesia Brown Noddy Anous stolidus  1996 Marine birds of Polynesia Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris  2006 Birds of Polynesia
Polynesian Ground Dove Pampusana erythroptera  2006 Birds of Polynesia Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Sanderling Calidris alba  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa White Tern Gygis alba  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa
Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Polynesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula aurorae  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Wandering Tattler Tringa incana  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa
Niau Kingfisher Todiramphus gertrudae  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Rapa Fruit Dove Ptilinopus huttoni  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Brown Booby Sula leucogaster  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva  2010 Birds of Polynesia Booklet, sa Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans  2010 Oceania, stamp on stamp 3v set Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans  2010 Oceania, stamp on stamp 3v set
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster  2011 Moana 12v booklet, sa Masked Booby Sula dactylatra  2011 Moana 12v booklet, sa Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus  2011 Moana 12v booklet, sa Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax  2013 Fauna and flora 3v set
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax  2013 Fauna and flora 3v sheet Striated Heron Butorides striata  2016 Birds Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus mendanae  2016 Birds
Striated Heron Butorides striata  2016 Birds Sheet Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus mendanae  2016 Birds Sheet Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  2017 Year of the Rooster
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata  2019 Endangered species Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra  2019 Endangered species White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus  2021 New coins 6v booklet, sa White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus  2021 New coins 6v booklet, sa White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus  2021 New coins 6v booklet, sa White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus  2021 New coins 6v booklet, sa
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus  2021 New coins 6v booklet, sa White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus  2021 New coins 6v booklet, sa
French Polynesia map

Location: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean
Population: 283,000
Climate: tropical, but moderate
Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

Birds: 122 species; 27 endemic

Links:
Centre Philatelique de Polynesie Francaise postal administration website
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BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

White Tern Gygis alba
Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina
Niau Kingfisher Todiramphus gertrudae
Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Rapa Fruit Dove Ptilinopus huttoni
Marquesan Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris
Polynesian Ground Dove Pampusana erythroptera
Sanderling Calidris alba
Polynesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula aurorae
Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus mendanae
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus


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