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12.11.24. Colombia 2024 Independence Bicentenary Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri

28.09.24. Peru 2024 Junin national reserve Junin Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii

16.09.24. Grenada 2023 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus

06.09.24. Fiji 2024 Caring for nature Golden Fruit Dove Ptilinopus luteovirens

15.08.24. Botswana 2024 Beautiful birds of Botswana Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis Namibia 2024 Biodiversity of the Etendeka Plateau Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus

26.06.24. Mauritius 2024 Extinct species. Mascarene Grey Parakeet Psittacula bensoni Rodrigues Parrot Necropsittacus rodricanus

09.05.24. Mongolia 2013.01 Prehistoric animals of Mongolia. East Asian Ostrich Struthio anderssoni

27.03.24. Colombia, Risaralda. Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis Chestnut Wood Quail Odontophorus hyperythrus Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii

05.01.24. There are 27 new bird species on stamps with my taxonomy upgrade from IOC 12.1 to IOC 14.1. See IOC updated

05.01.24. Syria 2013.01 Birds. Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus

19.12.23. Singapore 15.11.23 Bird Paradise Park. Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi

16.12.23. Colombia 09.11.2023 Ornithological Society of Caldas. Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

15.12.23. Peru 18.12.23 Birds. Apurimac Spinetail Synallaxis courseni Mauritius 09.10.23 Extinct species. Rodrigues Pigeon Nesoenas rodericanus � Mauritian Turtle Dove Nesoenas cicur St Helena 01.08.23 Extinct birds. St. Helena Crake Zapornia astrictocarpus � St. Helena Rail Aphanocrex podarces � St. Helena Cuckoo Nannococcyx psix � St. Helena Hoopoe Upupa antaios � St. Helena Dove Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos

31.08.23. Sao Tome and Principe 1983.01. Sao Tome White-eye Zosterops feae Micronesia 2015.03. Reunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus

30.08.23. Marshall Is 2013.02. Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola

19.08.23. Surinam 2023 Birds. Helmeted Manakin Antilophia galeata Hooded Berryeater Carpornis cucullata Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata Black-cheeked Gnateater Conopophaga melanops Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa Buff-throated Purpletuft Iodopleura pipra Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata Star-throated Antwren Rhopias gularis Black-capped Piprites Piprites pileata

17.08.23. Cape Verde Is 2023 Parque Natural Cape Verde Storm Petrel Hydrobates jabejabe

26.06.23. Australia 2023 Aussie Bird Count New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

26.06.23. St Vincent & Grenadines 2022 Ducks & Hummingbirds Lake Duck Oxyura vittata Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus Wine-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ellioti Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla

16.06.23. Papua New Guinea 2023 Birds of Paradise Huon Astrapia Astrapia rothschildi. Curl-crested Manucode Manucodia comrii Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater Jobi Manucode Manucodia jobiensis Long-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla carunculata Pale-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis bruijnii MacGregor's Honeyeater Macgregoria pulchra

15.06.23. USA 2023 Endangered species Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia. Guam Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus

14.06.23. Myanmar 2023 Endemic birds White-browed Nuthatch Sitta victoriae. Burmese Bushtit Aegithalos sharpei

06.05.23. Namibia 2022 Lapwings White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps.

02.05.23. Myanmar 2023 Endemic birds Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla Burmese Prinia Prinia cooki

27.04.23. Australia 2023 Fairy-wrens Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus Purple-crowned Fairywren Malurus coronatus

23.04.23. Bangladesh 2017 War crimes Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

06.04.23. China 2022 Pigeons Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris

06.04.23. Mali 2022 Endemic fauna of India Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea

03.04.23. Peru 2022 Ave Cortorrama Peruvian Plantcutter Phytotoma raimondii

30.03.23. Singapore 2022 Rail Corridor Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus Croatia 2022 Birdpex 9 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Aland 2023 Parrot Crossbill Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus

28.03.23. Myanmar Endemic birds White-throated Babbler Argya gularis Jerdon's Minivet Pericrocotus albifrons Burmese Bush Lark Mirafra microptera Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi

01.07.22. Surinam 2022 Birds White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus Cipo Canastero Asthenes luizae White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus leucophthalmus White-bearded Antshrike Biatas nigropectus Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus Rufous-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus torquatus White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis

12.06.22. Tristan da Cunha 1988.01 Nightingale Island Finch Nesospiza questi

11.06.22. Nicaragua 1986.01 Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii

09.06.22. Bhutan 1999.10 Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens

03.06.22. Nauru 2005.01 Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus

02.06.22. Korea, North 1973.01 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

01.06.22. Vanuatu 1981.01 Melanesian Whistler Pachycephala chlorura

31.05.22. Mozambique 2011.13 Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet Saudareos meyeri

30.05.22. Togo 2015.37 Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis

29.05.22. Vietnam 1977.01 Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni

26.05.22. Tazania 1999.20 Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques

22.05.22. Solomon Is 2004.02 Guadalcanal Owl Athene granti

20.05.22. Samoa 1989.02 Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini

18.05.22. Solomon Is 2004.02 Solomons Nightjar Eurostopodus nigripennis

11.05.22. Colombia Risaralda 2022 Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex Rufous-throated Tanager Ixothraupis rufigula Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus

24.04.22. Namibia 12.04.22 Sparrowhawks and goshawks Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus

20.04.22. Madagascar 1999.02 Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles

18.04.22. Bahamas 2006.01 Bahama Nuthatch Sitta insularis China (Taiwan) 2009.01 Taiwan Thrush Turdus niveiceps

17.04.22. Comoro Is 2009.16 Comoros Black Parrot Coracopsis sibilans Philippines 1984.01 Blue-backed Parrot Tanygnathus everetti Papua New Guinea 1967.01 Stella's Lorikeet Charmosyna stellae

16.04.22. Uganda 2014.22 Rufous-crowned Bee-eater Merops americanus Ethiopia 1966.01 Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii Chad 1966.01 African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus United Arab Emirates 1994.01 Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys

15.04.22. Argentina 1986.01 Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica

14.04.22. Argentina 1996.01 Yungas Guan Penelope bridgesi

12.04.22. Grenadines (G) 2021.01 Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata

07.04.22. Malaysia 2022.01 Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus

05.04.22. Colombia 2021.01 Chami Antpitta Grallaria alvarezi

20.03.22. Kampuches 1983.01 Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris

02.03.22. Cyprus 2022 Owls Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius

06.12.21. China 2021 Protected wildlife Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi Canouan 2021 Seabirdas Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida

26.10.21. Sri Lanka 2021 Endemic birds of Sri Lanka Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus

24.10.21. Australia 2021 Nature's mimics Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

17.10.21. Colombia Risaralda 2021 Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea Slaty-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana

07.10.21. Croatia 2021 Woodpeckers White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus

11.06.21. Guyana 2021 Hummingbirds Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps

11.06.21. Surinam 2021 Birds White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus

25.05.21. Surinam 2020 Nature Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata

21.05.21. Australia 2021 Pigeons and doves White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta

10.04.21. 2021 Birds (St Eustatius) Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus

29.03.21. Cuba 2020 Pigeons Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni

15.03.21. Cambodia 2020 Birds Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei Cambodian Tailorbird Orthotomus chaktomuk

10.03.21. Colombia 2020 National parks Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita

06.03.21. Romania 2021 Falcons Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis

22.12.20. Vietnam 2020 Kingfishers Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules

21.12.20. France 08.01.21 Birds of the islands Reunion Cuckooshrike Lalage newtoni Martinique Oriole Icterus bonana

20.12.20. TAAF 2021 Crozet Shag Leucocarbo melanogenis

06.11.20. Marshall Is Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Grenada Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii

09.10.20. Gambia 2020 Woodpecker Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera

15.08.20. Romania 2020 Owls Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha

19.07.20. Australia 2020 Wildlife recovery Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia Colombia 2020 National parks Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea Surinam 2020 Birds Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura

28.05.20. Colombia Risaralda 2020 Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis Striolated Manakin Machaeropterus striolatus Namibia 2020 Batises Pririt Batis Batis pririt

11.04.20. Congo (Brazzaville) 1993 Brasiliana Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta Benin 2000 Birds Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida

08.04.20. Gambia 1991 Wildlife Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris

02.04.20. Micronesia 1991 Pohnpei rain forest Pohnpei Cicadabird Edolisoma insperatum

30.03.20. Grenadines (G) 2000.03 Parrots and Parakeets Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda

25.03.20. Syria 2013 Birds Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus Deleted

21.03.20. Mozambique 2016 Warblers Audubon's Warbler Setophaga auduboni

16.03.20. Sri Lanka 2020 Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni Solomon Is 2004 Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis

13.03.20. South Africa 2020.01 Woodpeckers Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus Knysna Woodpecker Campethera notata

11.01.20. Surinam 27.12.19 Nature. Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus

08.12.19. Philippines 20.11.19 Birds. Visayan Broadbill Sarcophanops samarensis

06.12.19. Indonesia 05.11.19 Flora and fauna. Rote Myzomela Myzomela irianawidodoae

29.11.19. Surinam 09.10.19 Parrots. Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris Baudin's Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii

25.11.19. Azerbaijan 29.09.19 Europa. Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla

25.11.19. Malaysia 22.08.19 Caves in Malaysia Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus

09.08.19. Angola LUBRAPEX 2007 Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger Ecuador 2019 Ilaho Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides

13.07.19. Malawi 04.06.18 Malawi indigenous birds White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri

16.06.19. Guyana 2018 Tanagers Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata

12.06.19. Antigua & Barbuda 16.02.04 Ren Xiong White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio

18.05.19. Surinam 10.04.19 Owls Moluccan Masked Owl Tyto sororcula Golden Masked Owl Tyto aurantia Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea Sulawesi Masked Owl Tyto rosenbergii

04.05.19. Greece 09.05.19 Europa Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer

11.03.19. Namibia 25.04.19 Cuckoos African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis

06.03.19. Liberia 13.03.19 Cuckooshrike Western Wattled Cuckooshrike Lobotos lobatus Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea

03.03.19. Tajikistan 15.12.18 Nature reserve. See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus Ethiopia 2018 Birds White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus Surinam 13.02.19 Andaman Serpent Eagle Spilornis elgini

15.02.19. Cuba 04.11.18 Endemic birds. Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis

14.02.19. Cook Is 20.12.18 Birds of prey. Madagascan Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus Niuafo'ou 18.12.18 Birds of prey. Minahassa Masked Owl Tyto inexspectata White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa Rarotonga 20.12.18 Birds of prey. Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus

10.02.19. Aitutaki 27.12.18 Birds of prey. Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon Henst's Goshawk Accipiter henstii African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus

09.02.19. Tonga 18.12.18 Birds of prey. Besra Accipiter virgatus Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii

27.01.19. Ecuador 11.12.18 San Francisco de Quito University Blue-throated Hillstar Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus Ecuador 27.12.18 Cotacachi-Cayapas White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis

25.01.19. French Polynesia 25.01.19 Endangered species. Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra

24.01.19. Palau 19.12.18 Beautiful birds Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata

10.12.18. Marshall Is 21.12.18 Owls Rufous-legged Owl Strix rufipes

12.11.18. Paraguay 21.09.18 Birds of the Chaco Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus

07.11.18. Guyana 20.11.18 Tanagers. Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata

05.11.18. Cuba 04.11.18 Endemic birds. Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis

09.10.18. Paraguay 21.09.18 Birds of the Chaco Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani Grey-crested Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa Deleted Chaco Puffbird Nystalus striatipectus

20.09.18. Tonga 03.05.18 Birdpex Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt Niuafo'ou 03.05.18 Birdpex Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus Antipodes Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor

18.09.18. Aitutaki 04.05.18 Birdpex Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis Cook Is 04.05.18 Birdpex Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni Penrhyn Island 04.05.18 Birdpex Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

08.09.18. Colombia 24.08.18 Risaralda bird festival 2018 Turquoise Dacnis Dacnis hartlaubi Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis Greyish Piculet Picumnus granadensis Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix Black-and-gold Tanager Bangsia melanochlamys Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima

27.08.18. Laos 10.12.1963 Human rights Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

22.08.18. Vietnam 18.08.18 Kon Ka Kinh national park Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush Garrulax konkakinhensis

02.08.18. Surinam 18.07.18 Parrots Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea

29.07.18. Malawi 04.06.18 Malawi indigenous birds Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara

26.07.18. Japan 23.08.18 Autumn greetings Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane

24.07.18. Cambodia, China, China (Taiwan), Gambia, Hong Kong, Japan, Kampuchea, Korea South, Sierra Leone. Oriental Magpie Pica serica Indonesia, Rumania, UN Vienna. Crescent-caped Lophorina Lophorina niedda

18.07.18. Djibouti 2016.26, Manama 1970.01, Yugoslavia 1996.02 Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclateri Australia 2001-2. Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis Zimbabwe 2005.01. Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis

13.07.18. New Zealand 01.08.18 Predator free 2050 Whitehead Mohoua albicilla Tomtit Petroica macrocephala North Island Robin Petroica longipes Chatham Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi

28.06.18. Papua New Guinea 24.08.17 Rare birds Little Eagle Aquila morphnoides

21.06.18. Papua New Guinea 31.05.18 Rare birds Red-billed Brushturkey Talegalla cuvieri Meyer's Goshawk Accipiter meyerianus Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi Dusky Megapode Megapodius freycinet

21.06.18. Namibia 18.05.18 Francolins Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis

10.06.18. Australia 21.05.18 Silo art New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Malaysia 05.06.18 Sabah Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

01.06.18. Kyrgyzstan 2018.01 Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota

11.05.18. Australia 2018.05 Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta

05.04.18. Surinam 2018.01 Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi Andaman Hawk-Owl Ninox affinis Andaman Scops Owl Otus balli Sri Lanka Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis Congo Bay Owl Phodilus prigoginei

23.02.18. Australia 2018.01 Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda

09.02.18. Surinam 2017.03 Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris Colombia 2018.01 White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus Flame-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura calliptera Santa Marta Parakeet Pyrrhura viridicata Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephalus Perija Metaltail Metallura iracunda Parker's Antbird Cercomacra parkeri Black-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron dorsale Sooty-capped Puffbird Bucco noanamae Yellow-headed Brushfinch Atlapetes flaviceps Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina

21.01.18. Cuba 2017.07 Gilt-edged Tanager Tangara cyanoventris Saw-billed Hermit Ramphodon naevius

17.01.18. Peru 2018.01 Green-and-white Hummingbird Amazilia viridicauda Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra

03.01.18. Laos 1988.02 Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris

01.01.18. Sri Lanka 2017.01 Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus