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Cape Verde Islands
Bird stamps from Cape Verde Islands

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1981.01   30.12.1981   Birds      
Little Egret Egretta garzetta Western Barn Owl Tyto alba Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
1e     26     Little Egret    Egretta garzetta     
4.50e     77     Western Barn Owl    Tyto alba     
8e     92     Grey-headed Kingfisher    Halcyon leucocephala     
10e     46     Common Moorhen    Gallinula chloropus     
12e     9     Helmeted Guineafowl    Numida meleagris     

1981.02   30.12.1981   Birds      
Raso Lark Alauda razae
50e     179     Raso Lark    Alauda razae     MS

1993.01   29.10.1993   Nature reserves      
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
10e     18     Cape Verde Shearwater    Calonectris edwardsii     
30e     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
40e     27     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
41e     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

1994.01   18.02.1994   Hong Kong 94      1993.01
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
40e     27     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     No year imprint MS

2003.01   19.07.2003   Herons and egrets      
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Little Egret Egretta garzetta
10e     26     Purple Heron    Ardea purpurea     
27e     26     Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea     
42e     26     Western Cattle Egret    Bubulcus ibis     
60e     26     Little Egret    Egretta garzetta     

2005.01   08.08.2005   Birds      
Iago Sparrow Passer iagoensis Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild House Sparrow Passer domesticus Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis
19e     213     Iago Sparrow    Passer iagoensis     
42e     215     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     
44e     213     House Sparrow    Passer domesticus     
55e     185     Cape Verde Warbler    Acrocephalus brevipennis     

2008.01   Birds of prey      
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
5e     37     Common Buzzard    Buteo buteo     
20e     38     Common Kestrel    Falco tinnunculus     
40e     36     Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus     
60e     38     Peregrine Falcon    Falco peregrinus     

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Location: Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean
Population: 426,900
Climate: temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
Terrain: steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic

Birds: 186 species. 4 endemic species.

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