Stamps on Birds

Blue Magpie

(Urocissa erythrorhyncha)

Brown-fronted Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos auriceps)

SG # 578 (1968), Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) SG # 579 (1968), Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps)


White Browed Scimitar Babbler

(Pomatorhinus schisticeps)


Crimson Sunbird

(Aethopyga Siparaja)

SG # 580 (1968), White Browed Scimitar Babbler, (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) SG # 581 (1968), Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga Siparaja)


Indian Pitta

(Pitta brachyura)

Black hooded Oriole

(Oriolus Xanthornus)

SG # 763 (1975), Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) SG # 764 (1975), Black hooded Oriole (Oriolus Xanthornus)



Western Tragopan

(Tragopan melanocephalus)

Vulnerable

Himalayan Monal

(Lophophorus impejanus)

SG # 765 (1975), Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) SG # 766 (1975), Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)



Common Peafowl

(Pavo cristatus)

SG # 703 (1973), Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)


Demoiselle Crane

(Anthropoides virgo)

SG # 733 (1979), Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)


Painted Stork

(Mycteria leucocephala)

Near Threatened

White Winged Wood Duck

(Cairina scutulata)

Endangered

SG # 800 (1976), Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) SG # 1159 (1985), White Winged Wood Duck (Cairina scutulata)
Issued in 1976 on Koeladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur

(A World Heritage site)





Indian Bustard

(Ardeotis nigriceps)

Endangered

Siberian Cranes

(Grus leucogeranus)

Critically Endangered

SG # 986 (1980), Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) SG # 1076 (1983), Siberian Cranes (Grus leucogeranus)





Great Hornbill

(Buceros bicornis)

Near Threatened

Jerdon's Courser

(Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)

Critically Endangered

SG # 1097 (1983), Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) SG # 1332 (1988), Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)




Lesser Florican

(Sypheotides indica)

Endangered

Red Jungle Fowl

(Gallus gallus)

SG # 1398 (1989), Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica) SG # 1678 (1996), Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus)


Emperor Penguins

(Aptenodytes forsteri)

Gentoo Penguins

(Pygoscelis papua)

SG # 1454 & 1455 (1991), Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua)


Osprey

(Pandion haliaetus)

Peregrine Falcon

(Falco peregrinus)

SG # 1525 (1992), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) SG # 1526 (1992), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)


Lammergeier

(Gypaetus barbatus)

Golden Eagle

(Aquila chrysaetos)

SG # 1527 (1992), Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) SG # 1528 (1992), Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)



Water Birds of India ( approx Rs.2300/- each set)

Oriental Stork

(Ciconia boyciana)

Endangered

Black-necked Crane

(Grus nigricollis)

Vulnerable

SG # 1603 - 1605 (1994) (Withdrawn), Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana), Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis), Andaman Teal (Anas albogularis), Pink Headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)

Andaman Teal

(Anas albogularis)

Pink Headed Duck

(Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)

Critically Endangered

(Possibly Extinct)


Northern Pintail (Anas Acuta) &

Red-crested Pochard (Ntta Rufina)

SG # 1685-86 (1996), Salim Ali, Northern Pintail (Anas Acuta) &  Red-crested Pochard (Ntta Rufina)


Blood Pheasant

SG # 1667 (1996), Blood Pheasant


Rosy Starling

(Pastor roseus)


Garganey

(Anas querquedula)


SG # 1934 (2000), Rosy Starling

SG # 1935 (2000), Garganey (Anas querquedula)



Forest Wagtail

(Dendronanthus indicus)


White Stork

(Ciconia ciconia)


SG # 1936 (2000), Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)

SG # 1937 (2000), White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Painted Stork

(Mycteria leucocephala)

Near Threatened

Paradise Flycatcher

Issued in 2000 wildlife definitive series

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