African Pitta stamps - mainly images - gallery format

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Largest families

114 Pittas Pittidae
    Malayan Banded Pitta
      Hydrornis irena
    Bornean Banded Pitta
      Hydrornis schwaneri
    Blue Pitta
      Hydrornis cyaneus
    Gurney's Pitta
      Hydrornis gurneyi
    Bar-bellied Pitta
      Hydrornis elliotii
    Whiskered Pitta
      Erythropitta kochi
    Philippine Pitta
      Erythropitta erythrogaster
    Papuan Pitta
      Erythropitta macklotii
    African Pitta
      Pitta angolensis
    Indian Pitta
      Pitta brachyura
    Blue-winged Pitta
      Pitta moluccensis
    Mangrove Pitta
      Pitta megarhyncha
    Fairy Pitta
      Pitta nympha
    Black-faced Pitta
      Pitta anerythra
    Azure-breasted Pitta
      Pitta steerii
    Superb Pitta
      Pitta superba
    Rainbow Pitta
      Pitta iris
115 Ovenbirds Furnariidae
116 Antbirds Thamnophilidae
118 Antpittas Grallariidae
119 Gnateaters Conopophagidae
120 Tapaculos Rhinocryptidae
121 Crescentchests Melanopareiidae
122 Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae
123 Cotingas Cotingidae
124 Manakins Pipridae
125 Sharpbill, Tityras, Becards Tityridae
126 Lyrebirds Menuridae
127 Scrubbirds Atrichornithidae
128 Bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchidae
129 Australasian Treecreepers Climacteridae
130 Australasian Wrens Maluridae
131 Honeyeaters Meliphagidae
133 Pardalotes Pardalotidae
134 Australasian Warblers Acanthizidae
135 Australasian Babblers Pomatostomidae
136 Logrunners Orthonychidae
137 Satinbirds Cnemophilidae
138 Berrypeckers, Longbills Melanocharitidae
139 Painted Berrypeckers Paramythiidae
140 New Zealand Wattlebirds Callaeidae
141 Stitchbird Notiomystidae
143 Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes Cinclosomatidae
144 Wattle-eyes, Batises Platysteiridae
145 Bushshrikes Malaconotidae
147 Vangas, Helmetshrikes, Woodshrikes, Shrike-flycatchers Vangidae
148 Bristlehead Pityriaseidae
149 Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Peltops Artamidae
150 Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologidae
151 Ioras Aegithinidae
152 Cuckooshrikes Campephagidae
153 Whiteheads Mohouidae
158 Whistlers and allies Pachycephalidae
159 Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers Vireonidae
160 Figbirds, Orioles, Piopios Oriolidae
161 Drongos Dicruridae
162 Fantails, Silktails Rhipiduridae
163 Monarchs Monarchidae
165 Shrikes Laniidae
166 Crows, Jays Corvidae
169 Ifrita Ifritidae
170 Birds-of-paradise Paradisaeidae
171 Australasian Robins Petroicidae
172 Rockfowl Picathartidae
173 Rockjumpers Chaetopidae
175 Waxwings Bombycillidae
176 Silky-flycatchers Ptiliogonatidae
177 Hypocolius Hypocoliidae
178 Palmchat Dulidae
179 Oos Mohoidae
181 Fairy Flycatchers Stenostiridae
182 Tits, Chickadees Paridae
183 Penduline Tits Remizidae
184 Nicators Nicatoridae
185 Bearded Reedling Panuridae
186 Larks Alaudidae
187 Bulbuls Pycnonotidae
188 Swallows, Martins Hirundinidae
190 Crombecs, African Warblers Macrosphenidae
191 Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies Cettiidae
193 Yellow Flycatchers Erythrocercidae
195 Bushtits Aegithalidae
196 Leaf Warblers & Allies Phylloscopidae
197 Reed Warblers, Grauer's Warbler & Allies Acrocephalidae
198 Grassbirds & Allies Locustellidae
199 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobiidae
201 Cisticolas & Allies Cisticolidae
202 Sylviid Babblers Sylviidae
203 Parrotbills and allies Paradoxornithidae
204 White-eyes Zosteropidae
205 Babblers, Scimitar Babblers Timaliidae
206 Ground Babblers Pellorneidae
208 Laughingthrushes & Allies Leiothrichidae
210 Sugarbirds Promeropidae
211 Fairy-bluebirds Irenidae
212 Goldcrests, Kinglets Regulidae
215 Wrens Troglodytidae
216 Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae
217 Nuthatches Sittidae
218 Wallcreeper Tichodromidae
219 Treecreepers Certhiidae
220 Mockingbirds, Thrashers Mimidae
221 Starlings, Rhabdornises Sturnidae
222 Oxpeckers Buphagidae
223 Thrushes Turdidae
224 Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
225 Dippers Cinclidae
226 Leafbirds Chloropseidae
227 Flowerpeckers Dicaeidae
228 Sunbirds Nectariniidae
229 Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches Passeridae
230 Weavers, Widowbirds Ploceidae
231 Waxbills, Munias & Allies Estrildidae
232 Indigobirds, Whydahs Viduidae
234 Accentors Prunellidae
235 Wagtails, Pipits Motacillidae
236 Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramidae
237 Finches, Euphonias Fringillidae
238 Longspurs, Snow Buntings Calcariidae
239 Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichlidae
240 Buntings Emberizidae
241 New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers Passerellidae
242 Chat-tanagers Calyptophilidae
243 Hispaniolan Tanagers Phaenicophilidae
245 Spindalises Spindalidae
247 Cuban Warblers Teretistridae
248 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae
249 Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds Icteridae
250 New World Warblers Parulidae
251 Mitrospingid Tanagers Mitrospingidae
252 Cardinals & Allies Cardinalidae
253 Tanagers and allies Thraupidae

Stamps showing African Pitta Pitta angolensis

Distribution map for African Pitta, range

African Pitta IOC v14.1: 4527 birdtheme SpecID 1522
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Cambodia 01.12.1994 Birds MS

Gabon 15.10.1980 Birds

Ghana 13.06.1994 Birds of Ghana Sheet

Liberia 19.08.1996 Birds Sheet

Liberia 28.08.2000 Birds of Africa Sheet

Malawi 07.04.1992 Birds Sheet

Mozambique 17.06.2002 Birds of Africa

Sierra Leone 13.01.2003 Birds of Africa Sheet