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Bird stamps from Cocos Islands

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1963.01   11.06.1963   Definitives      
White Tern Gygis alba
2s3d     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1969.01   09.07.1969   Definitives      
Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
10c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     
15c     231     Java Sparrow    Padda oryzivora     
20c     57     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
30c     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
50c     70     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
1$     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     

1976.01   29.03.1976   Ships   12v set   
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
1c     66     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1$     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1979.01   22.10.1979   Christmas   2v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
25c     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1985.01   24.04.1985   Cable-laying ships   3v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
80c     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1985.02   17.07.1985   Birds      
Red-footed Booby Sula sula Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
33c     66     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
60c     70     Nankeen Night Heron    Nycticorax caledonicus     
1$     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     

1986.01   01.04.1986   Charles Darwin   3v set   
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
1$     52     Silver Gull    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae     

1988.01   26.01.1988   Arrival of first fleet   5v strip   
Great Egret Ardea alba Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
37c     70     Great Egret    Ardea alba     
37c     106     Sulphur-crested Cockatoo    Cacatua galerita     

1988.02   15.06.1988   Stamp anniversary, stamp on stamp   6v set   1963.01
White Tern Gygis alba
1$     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1992.01   11.06.1992   WWF, Banded Rail   Strip   
Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
10c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     
15c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     
30c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     
45c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     

1992.02   11.06.1992   Endangered species, Banded Rail   Sheet   
Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
45c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     
85c     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     
1.20$     30     Buff-banded Rail    Hypotaenidia philippensis     

1995.01   16.03.1995   Seabirds      
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
45c     57     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
85c     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1995.02   16.03.1995   Seabirds   Sheet   1995.01
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
45c     57     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
85c     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1995.03   19.08.1995   JAKARTA '95   Sheet   1995.02
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
45c     57     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
85c     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1996.01   19.02.1996   Hari Raya Puasa festival   3v set   
White Tern Gygis alba
75c     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1996.02   13.06.1996   Quarantine station      
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
1.20$     1     Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus     

1999.01   17.06.1999   Living mosaic   20v sheet   
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel White Tern Gygis alba Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
10c     57     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
25c     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
25c     65     Lesser Frigatebird    Fregata ariel     
and     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
45c     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     
45c     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     57     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     

2003.01   17.06.2003   Shoreline birds   Strip   
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
50c     70     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
and     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
50c     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
50c     49     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
50c     49     Eurasian Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus     

2006.01   13.06.2006   Coral reefs   20v sheet   
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus White Tern Gygis alba Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
10c     65     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
10c     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
10c     52     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
10c     52     White Tern    Gygis alba     
10c     70     Nankeen Night Heron    Nycticorax caledonicus     

2008.01   26.02.2008   Visiting birds      
Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
50c     42     Pied Stilt    Himantopus leucocephalus     
50c     70     Chinese Pond Heron    Ardeola bacchus     
1$     30     White-breasted Waterhen    Amaurornis phoenicurus     
1.45$     52     Saunders's Tern    Sternula saundersi     

2013.01   04.06.2013   50 years of stamps   5v set   
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
2$     70     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     

2013.02   04.06.2013   50 years of stamps   5v sheet   2013.01
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
2$     70     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     

2015.01   24.03.2015   WWF      
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Little Curlew Numenius minutus Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
70c     63     Herald Petrel    Pterodroma heraldica     
70c     51     Oriental Pratincole    Glareola maldivarum     
70c     49     Little Curlew    Numenius minutus     
70c     61     Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross    Thalassarche carteri     

2020.01   12.05.2020   Booby birds      
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Red-footed Booby Sula sula Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
1.10$     66     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1.10$     66     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
2.20$     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     

2020.02   12.05.2020   Booby birds   Sheet   
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Red-footed Booby Sula sula Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
1.10$     66     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1.10$     66     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
2.20$     66     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     

2023.01   19.09.2023   White-breasted Waterhen      
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
1.20$     30     White-breasted Waterhen    Amaurornis phoenicurus     
2.40$     30     White-breasted Waterhen    Amaurornis phoenicurus     

2023.02   19.09.2023   White-breasted Waterhen   Sheet   2023.01
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
1.20$     30     White-breasted Waterhen    Amaurornis phoenicurus     
2.40$     30     White-breasted Waterhen    Amaurornis phoenicurus     

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Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean
Population: 596
Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall
Terrain: flat, low-lying coral atolls

Birds: 85 species

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